Need a welder for a novice

[EdDekker]

Follow the rod storage instructions for the rod types you are using by the maker of your rod. There are major differences and the different rod types should not be stored together.


The Low Hydrogen rod (eg. 7018) is very sensitive to water contamination. Any water adds hydrogen to the weld, a bad thing. Low hydrogen rod should be stored at high temperature (220 to 350 degrees F). Each maker has a slightly different procedure to dry slightly damp rod. See http://www.lincolnelectric.com/knowledge/articles/content/storing.asp

Lincoln has details of the storage conditions in the Stick Electrode Product Catalog
<A target="_blank" HREF=http://content.lincolnelectric.com/pdfs/products/literature/c210.pdf>http://content.lincolnelectric.com/pdfs/products/literature/c210.pdf</A> on page 50 and 51.


What rod do you want to store? There is a big difference between a box with a lightbulb for 6011 and an oven which will maintain 300 F for 7018.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

Gary I use an old upright freezer. Like you suggested I have a twenty five watt rough service bulb in the old light socket. It works finer'n a pocket on pants. On any given day I'd guess there's more'n a couple of hundred pounds of rod just settin' there cookin' in the freezer./w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

(I have another freezer sitting out just waiting for someone to haul it off for a life in a welding shop, no charge, just give it an opportunity for imortality)

 

[Gary_in_Indiana]

Harv,

Anytime I post anything that's even on the periphery of welding and it gets kudos from you I feel like I've really hit the nail squarely on the head. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

By the way, I'm carrying an "A" average in my class on the quizzes and am doing the timed final test this week. /w3tcompact/icons/clever.gif I just bought a new Warn winch for my trailer and the mounting plate/bracket for that will probably be my first "project" for myself.

Nothing like starting with something that's absolutely crucial and will have to suppport a vehicle being dragged up an incline or hold one in place during an emergency manuever at 70 mph, right? I guess this'll tell me how confident I am in my skills, won't it? /w3tcompact/icons/crazy.gif

 

[wroughtn_harv]

Morning Gary,

I just danced with one of your local competitors here in norte tejas, American Bobtail. They'd been highly recommended by a friend. So when I saw an ad of their in the local truck trader that caught my interest I called. It was a truck I would love to have and the price was right. I drove a hundred miles and got there five minutes before closing time. I'm sure the local troopers still have an APB out for that truck breaking the sound barrier.

I walked in and asked about the truck. The manager explained the truck had been delivered almost two weeks ago. The salesman who LIED to me over the phone walked up and confessed that he had but he had another truck he just knew I'd be happy with.

There was a short one sided conversation. It wasn't pretty.

It looks like Friday I sign the deal on Lucy. I wish you were closer.

Here's <A target="_blank" HREF=http://adcache.trucktraderonline.com/4/0/8/37086608.htm>the truck I talked about</A>. They still have it for sale lo these many days. I was quoted twenty nine, nine. I would have bought it in a minute. Jerks, like I said the conversation was short, one sided, and to the point.

 

[Gary_in_Indiana]

Harv,

It sure doesn't sound like much competition to me. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif They didn't even list the class of truck accurately. Class 8 is a heavy duty like a semi tractor which this, clearly, is not.

I had to laugh about you having to race to the dealership to meet their closing time. I have to tell you I've actually met a customer here as late as 11:45 PM to accomodate their schedule and sell them a truck. The funniest part was we ended up having trouble getting the date right because we were still on the day on which we'd awakened while that relentless computer had changed over at midnight. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

I can't imagine how or why you'd having that much trouble giving someone $30,000. /w3tcompact/icons/hmm.gif I try to make it really easy for people to hand me money. /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif/w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif

Good luck in your quest. If I can be of any assistance I hope you know you need only ask.