Arc Gouging with NO AIR!

[@zephanfoote2774]

I love how no matter how many times we touch hot ass metal and burn the shit out of ourselves, we still don’t learn! Us welders are a real intelligent bunch. Love your content man, keep up the good quality work!!

[@aygrynhaus]

Just started watching your videos. I've been welding for 10 years, and I can say your videos (that I have seen in YT) are the closest to the shit we deal with every day in the field. Love them keep em coming. Great stuff❤

[@MeltinMetalAnthony]

Thanks brother

[@AspearMotorSports]

As someone with no gouging experience, I like the idea of starting with something as simple as just those rods, without the extra equipment/overhead

[@arustydodge2111]

Back in 1979 when I was in Welding school, had some cutting of welds to do on a side gig. Being 18, I didn’t have an Oxy/acetylene rig, just an AC/DC Lincoln 225 tombstone. My instructor, JIM GREER gave me a couple pounds of 1/8” chamfer rod. Had to run it hot, but had no problem pushing out the old welds. Kind of down and dirty, but worked. Remember that rod being dark gray to almost black. Watched your video, Anthony, and it brought me right back to that time. Love your REAL content! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@Biokemist-o3k]

Looks to me like a 1010 or something like that . I really love the huge plumes of sparks because then your customer knows you are working. I did work for a company where the owner used to watch everyone on the security cameras so whenever I had a chance I would use arc gouging, and The boss was always telling me what great work I was doing. I was but I did the displays for the man as well.

[@BassKing956]

The other thing to consider is that the Electra rods don’t blow the sparks that far out as an air carbon would. That is better when working in tight spaces or even in spaces where you have to work with others crews around you. Hell of a nice product man

[@johne189]

11:32, the preferred polarity for carbon is Straight, or Electrode Negative. As soon as weld at the leading edge of the workpiece is cut away, drive in chisels/wedges to "peel" the discard piece as cutting progresses. The nuisance "hangers" will be easy to spot.

[@iainportalupi]

I wonder how those rods compare to gouging with 6010s soaked in water and the amps cranked way up.

[@davidspin5353]

Your Boyee from North Port Florida says, those EN gouging rods would be fine for some over head and vertical down, but horizontal stuff is where the Air Arc shines.

[@garys5175]

Thanks for the comparison, MMA!

[@MeltinMetalAnthony]

Glad it was helpful!

[@greenghost6416]

Getting that internet money

[@MeltinMetalAnthony]

Tryna

[@whatsnextgarage]

Hey Rockstar, I would definitely buy them when I need them! The only reason, I trust your judgement and no nonsense review! Have a fuc*in' great week!

[@JD-526]

This is a very informative and educational channel love watching your videos I have been welding for over 30 years and I'm learning things from you.

[@BrierJacobson]

My boss asked me about these rods, and I cited this video. Thanks for the info man!

[@MeltinMetalAnthony]

Awesome!

[@elkvis]

I've been curious about the Electra AAA for a while now. Good to see a KZbinr I trust demoing them

[@dirtyjobs3995]

Surprised how good the gouge rod worked, definitely useful to keep some on hand for small jobs, be good to blow seized nuts off etc.. thanks for doing the comparisons

[@topduk]

You should chain the blade up when you're under it, in case of a freak accident.

[@craigywaigy4703]

All I would say is 6013s ran very hot will do the same gouging! Ask any old school fabricator or welder and they'll confirm. You can actually see this being down on the many Pakistan Truck type channels on YT. Great to see you using a mask👍 - Welders and fabricators lives are shorter than most others for a reason, and with Inner Shield(AKA Inner Death) becoming more prevalent for on site jobbing work, then things will only get worse for folks.

[@andrewthompson5547]

I used this type of gouging alot when on site repairing plant, they were made by oerliken i believe, brown in colour gave off terrible smoke but got the job done 👍

[@BayouRepairGuy]

You can gouge with the 6010 Rod

[@BayouRepairGuy]

Put it on 200 amps

[@yuriismywaifu203]

Seems like these also have another advantage over thr air arc gouging. They hold an arc similar to a welding rod. Carbon gouging sputters if you dont keep a smooth motion while running them. It would be a lot easier on lower power machines. I could see these being great for someone who only has a tombstone welder or a smaller engine drive machine like a ranger 225.

[@gmacka6333]

Scarfing is kinda fun! But when you're trying to take out an old weld, in something that needs to be left perfect, it can quickly become a nightmare. Same goes for gouging with a plasma. Some people love it, i hate it! I feel that you become so limited on how and what you can actually gouge. Nothing beats Carbon Arc gouging. Ive never tried the airless stuff. Looking forward to watching your whole video here

[@petermccuskey1832]

Am an Arc gouge fan but am going to get some of this for our non aircompressed truck. Thank you

[@timkenny97]

Thanks for releasing this! Definitely gonna grab some of these gouging rods.

[@johnvorass3437]

Convenient for welders and mechanics that don’t carry an air compressor or torch tanks. But after working with a gouger every day for 6 years on a production job, fixing people’s ef ups along with robots. Think I’d stick with the ol carbon arc. It’s really fast and very clean ( in the right hands of course ).

[@wishniwasfishn813]

The Polaris rod is 💰 Rock Mount is a little more expensive for consumables, but from electrodes to cut off discs, they really do make great products

[@MeltinMetalAnthony]

Yes they do!

[@zombieresponder]

Have some of these at work, but the cardboard boxes were so old and deteriorated I couldn't track down who made them or what they were for. Did a little more searching a while back and finally found the Rockmount name and info for use. Haven't had occasion to use them yet.

[@506curtis]

I seen a product similar to that years ago, a mechanic had them. We were removing bushings out of a grader. And they worked pretty slick for that application, pretty cool product. I haven’t seen something like that since until right now. Pretty cool

[@MoonPump]

lmao i love it. In the end, the ol trusty ace/oxy torch comes out to get the job done.

[@andyf1235]

It is awesome when you find a new product that helps makes your job easier. It will be a great tool for you when you are on the rig with no air!

[@MeltinMetalAnthony]

For sure I’ll be using this stuff all the time in the cummins

[@sparksmobilerepair4025]

Those are pretty sweet. Definitely should keep those on your black truck. I should put some on my other truck that doesn't have a compressor to.

[@Plyply99]

Looks like blade was put on backwards?

[@MoMo-Power]

Love the way you end your video/ classes. A little crude but hey it's coming from a professional!! Love the knowledge your spread man 👍

[@BruceLyeg]

That's awesome. I don't have an immediate use for them but I'll order some to play with in case I do need them some day. I can see them being super handy to have around. Nice job on the repair

[@loganrench5680]

Ive used blue demon airless gouging rod and liked them im gonna give these rods a try

[@SolarSeeker45]

From my side of the internet it looks like those airless rods get the job done substantially faster than the carbon rods did.

[@justintasht1067]

Looks like a great rod and come in real handy if you don’t have your cutting torch or in certain situations. Great video and as always appreciate them👍👍

[@perrydiehl7177]

Man I wish you were close to me I’d definitely love to show you a few tricks that would definitely change your torch gouging game and if fou ever get the chance to run 3/8 or bigger air arc rod you will have a different outlook on gouging they don’t load up with carbon and is super clean! Keep up the good work

[@luciusirving5926]

Looking at my AC machine. Oh well! I could just use air gouching or turn up the amps. However, I believe that a big enough charge can overload anything that's DC only. I've seen 6010 run on AC and that TIG machine was able to produce a big enough charge to surpass its limits.

[@craigqualls5672]

I wonder why they stop making 11018.

[@7018cowboy]

Helpful info. I don’t have an air compressor on my rig and I’ll buy some.

[@JTwelder.]

Finally a good video on this rod!

[@haydenc2742]

Wonder if it could be used with air as well...sure seems the air gouging rod chucks TONS of sparks and slag... Keep em coming!!!!

[@mcfwelding]

Now thats an interesting rod... might have to check it out

[@chadkennedy529]

I'll be damnned.... I'm so used to scarfing EVERYRHING. I'm gonna give these a shot. Thanks👍

[@risky1]

Anthony ..... you da Man !!!!

[@mikeboring1293]

Pretty cool rod, I can see where this would work out. Will have to look into what the price difference would between the two with fuel added in for air compressor

[@workingovertime4429]

WIA use to have a C/G rod which stands for cutting and gouging but since they got brought out they stopped making them as well as nearly 80% of there products that said they were amazing to use I’ve seen my old man run out of oxy while cutting 1” plate so he just whipped out the C/G’s and kept on cutting. The local Enginering shop in its hay day would do truck chassis mods by cutting with c/g’s. FYI when cutting you would hold the rod near vertical and would move up and down like a sawing action through the plate

[@dennischristensen5892]

i would assume it works alot better on vertical welds, than horizontal welds, since the material molted away has more places to go... i have only been gouging with oxy torch, the carbon rod gouging is too dirty too use practically here in denmark on a job site, allthough i know they use them in machine workshops.

[@austinanson8357]

I’m going to have to try some of that

[@derekbryant6137]

That's an interesting product but I'll be 42 this year I'm stuck in my ways of doing things me give up my carbon gouger I don't know if I can do that but it is a pretty neat product I didn't know such a thing existed

[@thethinkingtreefrog8061]

I welded for the first time with my father in law and his buddies last week, stick and tig. I have literally 2 hours of experience, but my welds were apparently better than people they've seen doing it for 2 years. Now it's like people are trying to knock down my door to hire me to weld. Ironically, I need to weld a new motor mount to my Vespa motorcycle to jump it up about 100cc more power than it has now in order to make the commute to whichever one I choose. Hopefully it goes well. $20/hr is a hell of a lot better than my current $12/hr

[@cdrom1070]

Never underestimate how much value you has. You probobly researched it (your reading on the internet about it), which is already above the general average. Your competition might be some guy that literary came from something as simple as over hearing someone talk about salary and getting excited to do it because it sounds better then his landscaping job after he had a 12 pack to himself watching football the night before.

[@robertomarlonaracengarcia8278]

The comparison is interesting, especially that you tried the two techniques. I like the arcaire better

[@atlantaswelder]

Very educational👏👏 Fyi a lot of guy just starting on might only require a 9cfm air compressor, but a big 26gal compressor is great for quickly removing semi trailer tires 🛞

[@zero.the.welder6010]

Do u have to worry about damaging the Moboard? Or anything u intend on gouging with that particular Rod?

[@jackcarroll4251]

Nice work ant

[@akbychoice]

Do the non-air gouging rods come in different shapes like the air carbon arc rods do?

[@BellingtonMarishane]

What source of power do you use for your miller gauging machine...is it self generator or what? Bellington south Africa

[@Luke3420]

Did u ever consider getting a suitcase for your trailblazer?

[@Rocksolidhandyman]

Another great video!!!🔥🙌

[@petermccuskey1832]

How much weight in non air rods did you use? Trying to figure out a test run.

[@grumpycricket]

What if I told you that gouging rod has been around for 30 years, probably much longer.😉

[@shanecollins3271]

Love your videos and great information trying to get my name out there for small repairs of small equipment have a small mig, a dedicated flux core and 2 stick

[@americathefree3708]

I'm having feet problems, what is the boot your wearing please? And do you think they are good for people with foot pain. Thank you for the arc gouging lesson too!

[@MeltinMetalAnthony]

They are brunt work boots

[@messybench]

What amperage are you using? I don't think I have enough juice.

[@AnubisReviews]

Wish the Electra came in 1/16 gouging rods for narrow spaces and finer work.

[@MeltinMetalAnthony]

Good suggestion I’ll mention it

[@vinnyhern]

Yes you did make it to the crack, 😂😂😂

[@Cholton222]

Awesome video dude. ❤

[@EthanPDobbins]

Then theres me using ancient red 6010s to turn a 1960s Lincoln tombstone cranked to max into a hillbilly cuttin torch.

[@Killstreak4052]

Why were you welding so cold with the .045 hardwire???

[@SiguysGaming]

I wonder how this product compares to using a 7018 with the same whipping motion

[@FishFind3000]

With this rod do you have to drag or can you push?

[@razorray7607]

Push

[@joshp6061]

You should try it with larger size gouging rods, I wanna see how they compare for real metal removal

[@akbychoice]

Takes a lot more amperage.

[@harrold901]

Yessir!

[@Patroit1776]

I gouge almost everyday. So for me i thing carbon is the way to go, but could see the benefit of the airless rod for some applications where air isnt available.

[@BRENT3143945]

That's so neat!

[@cecpcecp1480]

Love your last comment if you didn’t like the video 👍, I respect a guy that says what’s on his mind,😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Kevin-is-here]

Big bad welder had to use the customers welder to finish the job 🤦🏻‍♂️, just messing with you, thanks for the review 😅

[@MeltinMetalAnthony]

🤣 Killin me bud

[@rockywilson750]

Usually i turn up heat and Gouge with a stinger. Not pretty.. but gets it done..

[@topchannel3097]

What boots are those brunt or keen?

[@gavinpaetznick4886]

Brunt boots

[@JonDingle]

Thats interesting young man. I doibt they will be available here in the UK but l will have a look for something similar.

[@MeltinMetalAnthony]

Check the link below

[@andrewthompson5547]

@JonDingle Oerlikon cito cut I think buddy

[@driftinso]

Try using a rosebud when you pre-heat your metal. Faster and cheaper.

[@JohnWheels]

Great video! If you have an iPhone, I made a video on how to film arc shots without anything extra. I'd like to see some arc shots of this stuff.

[@JohnWheels]

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[@okiedoke6373]

Man I looked all through my phone trying to find that feature I don't have that Daylight thing I have a Samsung one of them something or another's and it just don't do that

[@MeltinMetalAnthony]

I’ll do a short next week!

[@JohnWheels]

Thanks!

[@danielrgusa]

How many rods did you go through on that half of the blade with the Rockmounts? Also, how many pounds is that package you have?

[@tek7697]

Looks like the 11 pound box which is around $380 with tax or about $34 a pound figure about 13 rods per pound and you can see how costly this stuff is. While these rod have there place I'll take my air arc or plasma over this any day.

[@danielrgusa]

@@tek7697 I don’t have a air arc setup at this time. Haven’t really needed one for the type of jobs I do. I agree they are expensive, but for someone like me, I’m thinking they may be worth it. Just for occasional gouging.

[@harbertmoore2663]

Where did you get that pillow from?

[@CG-iu1nq]

Great video 😂

[@erik61801]

bet it cuts like a laser goin downhill. thanks for showing us!

[@prepper2711]

Can someone please explain to me what. DCEN means. I am trying to figure out if Can use this rod with my welder

[@langleyjw]

Ya,I like the boots. What brand? Can you post a link?

[@MeltinMetalAnthony]

They are brunt work boots

[@langleyjw]

@@MeltinMetalAnthony thank you sir🙂

[@austinkissling9036]

perhaps they meant 20 degrees push off of horizontal. i also imagined 20 degrees off of 90 or straight in like welding

[@cheeseymccheese7249]

Love it!!

[@PatriotWeldFab]

Been using Blue Demon BD8000s for a few years now. This is nothing new. My go to is plasma gouging. Next is Oxy/ Acetylene. Worst case is Oxy Lance.

[@gathoxpulgax2859]

A query, the FCAW-G process, is not the most suitable for that type of repair, because it is faster .

[@welderprincess133]

That's cool!!

[@williamthomas9463]

That’s called the “Moldboarb” but it’s more commonly known as the blade skin.

[@PAYNEKILLER..]

It's a mold board haha

[@DaytonaJim78]

Love it bro new sub

[@Boblever687]

I use bd-8000 gouging rod at work and at home

[@randonloebsolvingproblems4421]

Does the gouged metal just ooze away as slag, or is it vaporized? Just curious where it goes.

[@MeltinMetalAnthony]

It blows it away

[@MeltinMetalAnthony]

Must be the arc force

[@randonloebsolvingproblems4421]

@@MeltinMetalAnthony Makes sense, thanks. It's starting to get hot back here in FL...

[@JohnSmith-lv8xk]

I'm tempted to try a 1/8 6010 at 225 amps 🤔

[@stepho9999]

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