Good article on stick welding

Mysfyt · Sep 18, 2016

file:///C:/Users/admin/Desktop/5-things-you-need-to-know-about-modern-stick-welding.htm

If somebody can hyperlink this, go ahead.

Shield Arc · Sep 18, 2016

Is this the correct link?
5 things you need to know about modern stick welding - The Fabricator

Mysfyt · Sep 18, 2016

That's it. Thanks!

Gordon Gould · Sep 24, 2016

Good article. I just hung in on the fridge so the wife can see why we need a new welder instead of a couch.

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Arc weld · Sep 25, 2016

Sorry, but I think this is a very poorly written article. Who has ever used 7025 or a 110/220 volt 300 or 400 amp machine? Who burns 5/32" rods at 250 amps? They also say it's never good to stop part way through a bead. Aren't you doing exactly that when you have to get another rod? If the machine's overheating that's where duty cycle comes in. They're making a bunch of generalizations and all over the place not really comparing apples to apples. There's a lot of good transformer and generator machines that won't stick the rod. Yeah inverters are nice but they have about 100 years to catch up on all the welding done with conventional machines. Just seems like the a business manager and an engineer could have written a better article explaining the advantages of an inverter.

Mysfyt · Sep 25, 2016

I thought the info on 7018 rod was worth the time to read. Pretty popular choice for those that stick weld on this forum, from what I can tell. But what do I know?

lilranch2001 · Sep 25, 2016

I do not think it has much value for advance or very experienced welders, but I am sure for novice or not very experienced guys and gals, they can learn something from it

4570Man · Sep 25, 2016

I didn't think it was that useful. I'm going to keep on using my 30 year old industrial machine.

Arc weld · Sep 25, 2016

Inverters are nice but that article was confusing.

IslandTractor · Sep 26, 2016

lilranch2001 said:
I do not think it has much value for advance or very experienced welders, but I am sure for novice or not very experienced guys and gals, they can learn something from it

I don't think it was useful at all for newbies either. Not enough basic info and no discussion at all of rods other than 7018 or why you might use something else. I'd call the article a puff piece that someone got $250 for churning out 500 words of filler.