Simple Trick To Avoiding Stick Welding Arc Blow

[@caravantuggers1608]

Now retired but during my first 5 years of being an apprentice welder back in 1970's we had many stainless steel jobs to do. Now back then we used rectifiers with DC so much like the invertors of today and arc blow was an issue particularly if going into a corner on a fillet pass and out. Now how we corrected this was to use ACwhich was back then a AC transformer being oil cooled as opposed to DC or in todays world the invertor. So what i would be saying if you have a invertor that happens to have the AC/DC switching on it switch it to AC and see if the issues of arc blow disappear. Just a heads up from a guy with over 50 years of welding experience

[@v8motors.]

I always found welding a plate on the end of an angle iron, when welding on the inside of the angle iron to the plate would cause either arc blow wander or slag entrapment. I used to mess around with the settings on the heavy oil transformer , even whacking the welder up to crazy amps or visa versa but would still get slag entrapment 'bubbling swirling orange slag' tried welding from the inside to the outer edge of the angle but it was still crappy. Rods were Oerlikon Welding Electrodes "made in Ireland" 6010 or13's back then, can't remember exactly.

[@6pekXX]

Nice tips! What brand of welding cables you use? They look cool!

[@YR7A]

I'd like to see a video like this on how to prevent arc blow with large wire spray transfer MIG. I have yet to find a solution to it when using 1/16'' metal core 70s6 at 30 volts.

[@paulmeersa7162]

Clutching at straws here; Try an AC yolk from an MPI unit...?? Pull it away from the job slowly several times to demag the steel, or even try leaving it connected to the steel during welding, see if there is any difference. It may work, be interested to hear if it does...

[@paulmeersa7162]

Also if you are welding very long pieces of material try turning them 90 degrees in the shop, or putting them in a different area in the shop away from the shop's power feed area, or ask the purchasing dept to purchase demaged steel - for the long runs. Yes it is a thing, done in the mill. A gauss meter will help you to detect it and to know if you try different things weather they work or not. It is a bit of a black art so trying these things if it really is a problem may sound silly, but sometimes you stumble on something that works a treat.

[@derekbryant6137]

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[@derekbryant6137]

That link I shared is from an older video from like the 40s through the 60s era it explains how you get rid of those things

[@NOFx420x]

Another way is a ground extension for both sides

[@JonasDecker-z3x]

You can also experience similar things with tig if the needle isnt sharp anymore or the material is somewhat funny

[@brandongarcia5112]

Fucking dope hat 😮