Cut Metal With A Stick Welder!

Cut Metal With A Stick Welder! - Cut 202 Rods

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@retireditguy9493 10 ай бұрын

Did you try making a bolt hole? Rather than put a lot of wear and tear on a drill bit, it would be nice to be able to make a hole slightly smaller than needed and then finish it with a drill bit.

@bigtb1717 10 ай бұрын

These rods can be definitely be used to pierce steel to make a hole. It could make a quick bolt hole, though you'd want to be careful trying to clean it up with a drill bit. The edge will likely be a bit rough, so it might tend to catch the flutes of a bit, plus the cut edge can sometimes be slightly hardened. Could still be a handy use for rods like this.

@BCole-bj4lv 11 ай бұрын

That looks interesting. I'll have to try it. I've been cutting metal with a stick rod 6011AC for decades. The Lincoln brochures came with instructions of how to cut with rod. You push the stick up and down like a sewing machine and blow the steel away . I've cut 3/4" with a 1/8 6011. It helps to keep dipping the rod in a tall tank of water as you proceed as you use high amperage to do this. You can also blow holes through fairly thick steel, this way. You hold it in one spot until red hot and then push straight through.

@Mark-079er 19 күн бұрын

Just wondered if your also using an AC buzz box or inverter machine to cut with the 6011ac rods. Thx

@BCole-bj4lv 19 күн бұрын

@@Mark-079er Yes, most of my life I used a Lincoln buzz box; either machine will work. I just sold the Lincoln 3 weeks ago, interestingly. It just takes some high amperage. I usually go 160 or above. You can use less. Last week I welded up a job and cut off the steel with some 7018 rod that I was using, set at 180 am (using a modern dc inverter machine) . It's just very handy. I could have hooked up my plasma or grabbed a torch but I was welding with the 7018 anyway so I just upped the amperage and cut off all the extra metal on my weldment. It just takes no time to do, and that's the beauty of it.

@jwayne777 17 күн бұрын

Wow, thanks a lot. I think your response is exactly what I was looking for on KZbin In regards to the 6011 AC stick welding You should do a video of it🎉

@CSERepair 11 ай бұрын

Something new to try out on my list, love stick welding and currently in the tight market for a home use welder. Your videos make it a bit much easier and reassuring, thanks

@Gyppor 11 ай бұрын

I agree about stick welding being easy and quick to set up, I also keep going back to it even though I'm not a good at it. I have a quality wire feeder but often I grab the lunch box ebay stick welder, a rod and I'm done, no need to move stuff out of the way so I can wheel the big cart around for one weld.

@bar-zn8lk 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video! Being a novice welder, I didn’t know such rods existed.

@jondavidmcnabb 10 ай бұрын

Wow this would be handy for some field repairs.

@mrlost5937 29 күн бұрын

Wow! Excellent..video..

@shaqf0015 2 ай бұрын

What electrode holder is that? That looks super comfy for big hands.

@bigtb1717 2 ай бұрын

It's a Lenco electrode holder. I can't remember the exact model number. I made a video about various electrode holders, including this one. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZXbaGyfaJicorM

@bat__bat 10 ай бұрын

That can definitely come in handy

@rbelang8331 11 ай бұрын

Hello Tim... How would it compare to the use of a cranked up 6010? Because I know some guys are going that route...

@bigtb1717 11 ай бұрын

Bear in mind, I never ran 6010 on DCEN or tried to "cut" anything other than really thin metal with one. With that in mind, these rods worked better for me and the rods themselves don't burn away nearly as quickly as a 6010 cranked up. On the other hand, 6010 are cheaper and a lot of folks already have them on hand, so it probably makes sense for a lot of folks to go that route if it works for them. P.S., my name isn't Tim. Just saying ;)

@rbelang8331 11 ай бұрын

@@bigtb1717 Sorry about that (your name); don't know why I thought it was Tim...

@bigtb1717 11 ай бұрын

Oh, no problem at all. No need to apologize. Just thought I'd point it out. My name is Tony. Cheers!

@jheissjr 11 ай бұрын

Interesting. Where do people use these rods?

@bigtb1717 11 ай бұрын

Probably situations where they need to gouge out a weld, burn out large rivets, or simply get something apart or cut up in the field. Probably as a sort of "quick and dirty" solution to problem that doesn't require any additional tools in a situation where you have a stick welder handy.