Picked up a nice little welding rod oven on CL

[Happy Gilmore]

Today I managed to pick up a nice little rod oven on Craig's List for $40.00. I'm not sure I really need it right now, but it was 15 minutes away and seemed like a fair price. What do you guys think?

 

[Big Barn]

Good deal!

Terry

 

[texasjohn]

Never even knew there was such a thing, but then I'm not a welder.

 

[bcp]

Don't see many rod ovens around, and the recipe books are even more rare.



Bruce

 

[Arc weld]

That is a good deal for $40. Put your 7018 in it for an hour or 2 before using and you'll notice a difference in how much nicer they burn. 7018 are the only rods that benefit from an oven unless they got wet but then you need a rebaking oven.

 

[Happy Gilmore]

I was glad to find it, Ive been wanting to try some 7018 rod, looks like this will be the ticket.

 

[AaronS]

Nice find! I've been keeping mine in my gun safe that has a dehumidifier. I figure that should keep them in good shape.

 

[rankrank1]

Good deal and Good price on the oven, but any rod oven typically consumes much more electricity than people seem to think they do. Those things are intended to be plugged in 24 hours a day/365 day a year. Otherwise as Arc Weld pointed out you need a rebake oven which is a different oven.

Basically Any heating element type appliance (plug in a small RV type refrigerator some time) and watch your electric bill soar as those things use a heating element also to function. My guess is that oven may take $50 to $60 or more to run a month ($720 a year). Certainly worth it if you doing code work, projects that generate you revenue, or even a real serious hobbyists. Backyard hack repairs well maybe not so much ????

 

[k0ua]

Those little portable 10 lb rod ovens are usually about 75 watts.

Sooooo. 75 watts x 24 hours x30 days = 54000 watt hours = 54 Kilowatt hours x $0.11 per Kilowatt hour (the price around here, your price may vary) = $5.94 per month. x 12 months = $71.28 annually. Nothing to sneeze at, but not quite as bad as $720 per year

Welding | Industrial DryRod Ovens & Furnaces | DryRod II Portable Electrode Ovens, PHOENIX 1205500 | B301834 - GlobalIndustrial.com

 

[Reverser]

Basically Any heating element type appliance (plug in a small RV type refrigerator some time) and watch your electric bill soar as those things use a heating element also to function. My guess is that oven may take $50 to $60 or more to run a month ($720 a year).

Interesting that RV refrigerator's use a heating element. What would it be used for, other than maybe in defrost mode?