Stick Welding Amperage

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[@TimWelds]

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[@mikef-gi2dg]

Is this a dvd type course, or strictly on line?

[@gedhuffadine1873]

Cheers Tim from England I'm 67 and just learning as a hobby welder.

[@johnkinnane547]

G’day Tim I’m the same 67 and I have a few welding jobs that I will be doing and your knowledge and your easy teaching technique makes learning a lot less confusing thank you John Tasmania Australia.

[@angelaprater2679]

Hello from ILLINOIS .

[@barhammd]

Same here from Ohio. 59 and hobby welder for home projects

[@gordjohnson70]

Very good video. I'm a retired senior teaching my friend how to stick weld, but I'm kind of rusty myself. It's been over 40 yrs since I was a professional welder, however it's all coming back fast. The basics are all still there. The metals, rods. techniques, and amperage are still the same. Your video is a very helpful refresher course. You explain it very well. I'll try to explain it to him as well as you do. I'll also show him your videos too. Back when I started welding, there wasn't much instruction. They just said.... Do it ! and you basically taught yourself. It feels good to pass along years of experiance on to the next generation.

[@kelvinsparks4651]

Being self taught and never having any professional input I learnt a lot here . Thanks for taking your time to make such easy to follow , educational videos .

[@melgross]

You’re good at this Tim, because you’re straight forwards, clear, and the welds properly illustrate the talk.

[@BrettCraft]

Thanks Tim. I am new at welding and love being able to stick two pieces of metal together without nuts and bolts. I have applied much of the good advice you give on this channel. Yesterday I needed to weld a nut onto a flathead allen screw I was removing (my allen wrench broke) from a tooth on a backhoe. Maybe you could give a few tips for doing some real world applications. I watch guys like Andrew Camarata welding all the time, but most of them are doing mig and I just want to do stick. Keep up the good work. There are a lot of us depending on you!

[@danielchambers1958]

I prefer Stick as well . . . Mig is just easier for me when fabbing things . . . I depend on Tim. too . . .

[@eunarizarillo716]

Hi 👋 I'm SMAW STUDENTS HERE IN PHILIPPINES .. thank you cause it helps a lot to me ☺️

[@windsunh2o]

5:49 That one-after-the-other comparison of the 3 was a great thing to add into the video during your recap. Thank you for another very helpful video!

[@ScriciRockz]

You are the best teacher till date for a novice welder as i am!

[@ScriciRockz]

But i still need to increase my xp...cause i don't have a steady hand....that arc strike...maaan!🙄

[@johnmacmillan627]

Thanks Tim. I am a hobbiest welder and always enjoy watching your videos when i need to brush up. Your presentations are the best

[@lks9988]

Great video for a new mechanical engineering student like me. I don't really understand what's being taught at the workshop since sometimes its hard to see what they're doing and their explanation isn't very clear. You've helped me a lot with your videos. Thanks.

[@galaviel]

Almost nobody explains these so important nuances like you do. Fantastic video.

[@johnquijote7194]

One of the most helpful welding vids I've seen in a while. Thank you!

[@Mechanicalcircus]

My first bead today with the HTP Inverarc 160 I ran 7018 1/8 Weldcote Low Manganese at 85 amp off of 110V on 1/8 mild steel plate. It was the best bead I've ever ran! Just absolutely beautiful I couldn't be happier with my machine! Thanks Tim your review sealed the deal.

[@bebrosbruh8785]

Wow you are a great help mate. I’m building a barn on my farm and need to weld over 80 stumps. Was having some problems but after watching your video I’m honestly throwing down some decent rods for someone who started a day ago.

[@scalpingdaytrader]

Fantastic video, and perfect timing as I just saw it pop up as I got out my stick welder, your videos are so good and really helping me improve. Thank you so much

[@stephk5255]

Love your videos, Tim! I've learned a lot! Something that almost every video I've watched from a variety of demonstrators is that they hardly ever talk about if they are running ac or dc. Amperage is vastly different between the two. I started with using an old Lincoln tombstone ac machine that I tried 1/8" plate with 1/8" rod at 130 amps because that's what videos described to use. I'm sure you know what mess was made. Anyway, thanks very much for your great content!

[@DennisKenneybees]

Great video. You get two extra points for no wasted time on an intro and a lot of talk about what the video is going to be about because that info is in the title. Great job, thanks.

[@monkey_see_monkey_do]

Hi Tim, I've dropped programming for the sake of welding and feel so happy about it. It's so cool to see much more detailed explanation to what I've been taught at work, thank you so much for your time, effort and exceptionally clean and clear video quality!

[@marccollins8033]

Just found your channel. Sounds to me like you know your stuff. Very appreciated from a guy who only got 1 welding class. Thanks.

[@tory7142]

Learn a lot from this video. Thanks. Beginner welding student. Clear communication and understanding. Great job on thr video. Thank you

[@tkbill86]

The great mystery uncovered. I'm learning to stick weld and always wondered exactly how to know if my amperage was too high or low. Thank you sir.

[@chessiesystemrailfanman3741]

Thank you for the video, even though I am a trained automotive technician and I am unfortunately disabled due to mental illness, I really enjoyed learning how to weld properly. Best regards to you Sir.

[@maxnine57]

Thanks Tim this is very helpful to my project, again always enjoy and learn from your posts, thanks Tim

[@thelonelydonutgirl8931]

thanks Tim for the info, I'm from the Philippines, glad to gain knowledge from expert like you..

[@mikeingeorgia1]

Very informative video! It was very helpful being able to see the comparison between the different settings. That made it make sense immediately

[@richiemattinson2415]

Yes!!! Best explanation, examples and demonstrations of everything I do wrong and to get it right! Thanks mate 👍 👌

[@seansong6469]

I m in trade school for plumber now, unfortunately have a stick welding class, i m pretty sure my instructor is a really good welder himself, however he has no clue how to teach others, ur videos helped me a lot, learnt more from ur videos than my class. thanks Tim

[@dizzyg3890]

Thanks Tim, Great explanation your work is helping to improve mine😊

[@berthaduniverse]

Great channel Tim, thanks for all your help. It would be nice to see the back sides of the weld too, and some comments on heat dispersal. Thanks again.

[@mr.renovator4859]

Appreciate your channel, Tim! Thanks from Sweden 🇸🇪

[@Hey_Its_That_Guy]

Great explanation, thanks Tim!

[@bennyhill3642]

Touching all the bases, Thank you! 😇🙏👍

[@KarlBunker]

Good clear instruction. Thanks!

[@timhowell6929]

Thanks for the video, very helpful! It answers a lot of my questions!

[@salmanrehman3892]

Thanks Man! Your videos are helping me on a daily basis

[@lourensstrydom9707]

Thank you for the great video. All the way from South Africa.

[@adamhardin7033]

Best video I’ve seen by far. Great details!

[@TerkanTyr]

I started stick welding today (well, restarted, after a brief try and several years). That last one is a lot like my welds, I'll turn down the amps. Thank you very much.

[@matthewknowles2607]

Thanks Tim, greetings from Australia. I just bought an old arc welder for some farm repairs and your videos really have helped me.

[@dthundergunb3115]

I got an antique Marquette Redi-Arc myself, I have done many farm equipment repair jobs over the years, on most occasions I use 6013 and have ran pounds of it and it has been my favorite rod to run. If I am concerned over strength I run a couple root passes with the 6013 then I cap that with 7018 for high stress joints or anything taking tons of abuse. Hope your new buzzbox serves you well, I'm sure it will

[@matthewknowles2607]

@@dthundergunb3115 thanks for the tips, every bit of knowledge helps

[@dthundergunb3115]

@@matthewknowles2607 no problem, I am a better visual teacher about things like this, so I won't bother trying to explain how, my suggestion would be to check out some smaw welding root and cap videos Tim probably has one but there are a bunch

[@clementbaloi6401]

Have an old oil cooled welder which I inherited from my Grandfather... have no idea how to adjust amperage on the thing. It has 5 posts - I keep the ground on the 1st one, moved the hot side to the 4th post from 3rd post... did I increase or decrease amps or ummnh. Been welding on and off for about 10 months now. Recently really started putting in time - making furniture and decor items out of 1.6mm to 3mm thick square tubing and anything else I can salvage. It's hard to get anything either than 6013 at the local stores ( run 2.6 and 3.2 Recently made a cabana tent frame, which I actually tested out today at a wedding ( it held up great ). Your videos are very informative & useful. Online tutorials are the go to for guys with interest and a low budget * Salute for helping the cause *

[@tnjvideos]

Great demo and explanation! Nice job.

[@jmank121]

Very informative video! Thanks for that!

[@jameswalter7565]

This helps tremendously! Thank you

[@mattwaters6987]

Im also new to welding and prefer stick (Arc). Great channel and definitely subbed. Thanks Tim.

[@ia6980]

Very informative, thank you!

[@drockoe1522]

Thank you was really helpful and straightforward

[@benjamingoulet3864]

Thanks! Just what I was looking for!

[@noway7476]

I'll keep watching your videos. Your vocabulary usage is easy fer a dummy like myself to understand welding. Nuffced

[@dabears22]

new welder. video helped me out a lot. thank you👍🏼

[@krzysztofsoja5301]

Very helpful. Thank You.

[@wtmke1ify]

Taking a couple of your courses. Really well put together and easy to follow

[@TimWelds]

Thank you so much!

[@jahanhassan9135]

This is going to help me alot, thank you for sharing this knowledge 😁✨

[@DursunX]

your 'bad' weld is still better than my best effort.. i appreciate your videos

[@coryconstantly3058]

Thanks! Nice short videos and to the point

[@hamadalkhashram5664]

Thank you very much sir for the clear info's and clear videos

[@andrerodon3921]

Great video- thanks!

[@tractortinkerer11]

No fancy welder , 30 yr old tractor supply semi tombstone stick welder. Welding by feel. That's the video I would like to see for beginners with limited equipment. Great video good information.

[@bonnorbassidy8198]

Man this is such a good video. It helps a lot

[@AborrensPappa]

Vera niece explenation. Thanks and a thumbs up

[@kevinchancey3876]

Thanks for the video helps a lot!!

[@yvesf5355]

Good Video ,I'm always learning, when I watch your Video thanks

[@zerox2003]

helped me get my grade up in class, thanks.

[@inhisnameislay3401]

Really great video thank you

[@endurofan9854]

thank's bro i'm learning a lot from your videos

[@brendanfitzgerald3140]

Excellent advice understood everything you said 😊

[@karlh6663]

Excellent video! Thanks!!!!

[@jocke8576]

Thanks a lot for this vid rly helped a lot.

[@deansawich6250]

Thanks. I usually start on the high end then turn the amps down to where I don't get spatter. That seems to work pretty well where the metal is thick enough where burning through isn't an issue. Different rod makes have different settings.

[@allenbrian8555]

Thanks mang you've helped me out alot to learn to weld myself. I have a crappy little $50 stick welder and I'm making my own e-bike with a converted alternator into the motor and I need to weld a one way sprocket to to the shaft and about a 1/4 inch gap to the top just want to know how about to do that lol thanks and keep it up the ho o e is 5/8 of a inch diameter

[@ramiroaburto8680]

Thanks for the video sr

[@antiquelude]

Thanks man this was really helpful for me. Self taught so I’ve glossed over a lot of details. I’ll try this today and hopefully have stronger welds and LESS GRINDING 😂

[@ernestopatiga364]

So helpful...tnx for the idea bro

[@rossp1762]

This has helped me a lot 🎉

[@SusanBeaubien]

Fantastic info!

[@WobbleMatic]

Super video, thanks.

[@jiwbink]

A MULTITUDE OF VARIABLES ALL COMING TOGETHER AT A SPECIFIC POINT IN TIME,TO CREATE NOT ONLY ACCEPTABLY SOUND WORK.BUT PRETTY TOO😋

[@WindozeFree]

Man, this is exactly what I was looking for. It's shocking that more creators don't have a clue what we want to know about. Awesome job though.

[@danielchambers1958]

Hey Tim, another informative video. I need to get a good camera for my channel so I can see he details that you demonstrate. I value every Stick video because that is my love, but use Mig when fabbing until I get MUCH better on Stick. Gave up on E6013 . . . now I use E6011 or E7018 exclusively. Appreciate you Tim more than you know Sir.

[@jakerock_]

awesome. thank you

[@jcase]

great video!

[@rludersm1]

Great video. Greetings from Chile.

[@unu1937]

thank you

[@davidpalen2543]

take your numerater and divide by denominater. for example 1 divided by 8 equals .125, so start around 125 amps for 1/8" 7018 and adjust

[@jeremyotero4575]

That is a great ( To The Point ) video,,, that was my favorite, bcus you taught me, and you answered the question, quickly withou too much extra info,,,, BRAVO,, thank,,,, but U the Man,, i am learning welding from you,,, starting this Week,,, i would love to donate,,,, tell me How. Peace out, Handyman from S.C. Peace out.

[@edgarhasbun5950]

Well hello Tim Greetings and blessing from Honduras. I always enjoy your videos. An although I have been welding for some years now, I have a lot to learn and need a lot of training. Still working to get a good técnico to make a weld that it is dependable. I mean something that won't brake and will resist the stress it is put to the it. I'm an working right now on a part that you put under the back part of your truck to pull a trailer. I'm using angle iron 2 by 1/4" and E7018 electrode 1/8 thick. I'm worry about every weld I have to do that. It is for my car. And after I have in mind building the trailer itself. Dont have your email or any other way to contact you Tim. But I do really thanks you for your helping videos I am 61 years old, used to work as a software developer but it is so stressful and last year I got fired just because I was 60 years old, working at a bank. Sorry, for writing so much God Bless You Timothy (Tim) And THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME

[@saidutube]

Thanks!!!

[@garymeece7906]

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!

[@alanjauw5530]

Timwelds. Glad and happy I found your training videos. They are very informative. No I have a stick welder a buddy let me borrow. It has a low and high amp setting and plugs into 110. Do you have a training video for just that basic welder?

[@rattlethewise]

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[@robertmintz63]

You talk about , long Ark , short Ark . I found while in construction that most (non professional ) people set the amps to low , then long arked , ending up with a condition called cold shut . I have “2” welding machines, a Lincoln AC buzz box & a gas powered , up to 450 a , at the same amp setting the difference in the weld is substantial

[@sureshlingabathina]

excellent

[@dennywvenice]

it s nice joing metal without having to bolt it together

[@WoodysPerformance101]

Thanks man I’m kinda just getting into stick and was wondering how to tell if I was running too hot/cold

[@robroy289]

What I didn't learn from this is how to determine the correct amperage. Do I set up some type of little test area on some other metal? Do I test on the actual project in some way? Is it better to weld in the dark? I"ve always wanted to learn, but have so many questions when watching videos like these. Guess I need to find some welding 101 vids.

[@yuta5026]

You always want to start off with a practice piece to get the right amps. Usually 6010 is 70-90 amps. 90 being high. You can use 70-75 no problem. Just play around and see for yourself. For 7018 never go below 110. Generally between 120 and 140. But 120-130 works well for me. I adjust accordingly. Sometimes I move it up or down a couple amps and thats all I need.

[@mikef-gi2dg]

yes that did help

[@Fab2Mc]

Super 👍

[@dthundergunb3115]

I love this video I am just a hobby welder in my spare time and have been for almost 20 years, I love smaw welding because it doesn't require gas or replacing roll after roll of flux wire.

[@richardsmuin7665]

Welding with wire is a hell of a lot faster and better than using stick electrodes!!

[@dthundergunb3115]

@@richardsmuin7665 well for people who have the money to burn I agree but for someone who doesn't or just does this for a hobby like myself...stick is much more feasible and I don't have to pay for gas as well as wire to be able to run my machine...besides when done correctly it may not be as fast but I can produce just as good if not better penetrating welds that are just as strong with a stick...but like previously mentioned, it's just a hobby for me so I don't feel the need to spend a ridiculous amount on a mig welder and have to worry about always having gas or needing to refill the bottles migs require to be able to run their wire... Without the gas that wire weld isn't going to be strong or consistent

[@harisyoung4110]

Hei tim, really hope you can do a video about arc force setting.. there's not many video explain about that.

[@AXNJXN1]

Thanks Tim! Great advice. However, I have a question for you. Could there be exceptions to this rule in the sense of if you need this rod to go through thicker metal can you keep it at that high range and stay longer to dig deeper in fusing the metals? Or would you go to a thicker rod? Thanks for your vids.