Learning to Weld with 6013 and 7014 Electrodes

[@careyrose6059]

These are the rods we use for underwater welding. We waterproof them with clear epoxy. The flux properties of the 6013 and 7014 give a better arc and bubble underwater. Because we weld downhill vertical, the bubble properties are critical as they rise up past the puddle for that fraction of a second it's still molten. Trapped hydrogen is the enemy. Fantastic videos.

[@flyingnorseman]

Pretty cool. Bet you make the big bucks.

[@KenWPeek]

*Some videos please!!!*

[@JoshuaNicoll]

The E6013 and E7014 also have a thicker slag coating on the weld and a thicker flux coating on the rod, that probably helps a bit too. We use them extensively in Europe for root passes as the E6013 leaves a very smooth bead with not too much penetration and a good clean slag covering on the inside, E6010/E6011's are sometimes used but its mostly the E6013 and the results are just as strong. Open root passes don't need insane penetration, its open after all. More common to see the cellulose rods used when the root pass has backing support.

[@pondacres]

@@JoshuaNicoll I've been reading that a bit, about how in europe and asia 6013 is more common for root pass than 6010/11 is.

[@JoshuaNicoll]

@@pondacres Yes, E7016 is the most common for a lot of coded work though, E6013 is used if nothing is specified, E6010/E6011 are however also used a lot but almost exclusively by US companies or for T fillets where penetration is needed, when it comes to open face roots, we prefer 6013 or 7016 because of the low penetration, you don't need all that much penetration for that joint, but I know 7016's are also used in the US too. It's not all that easy to pass the rutile tests too, E6013's are sometimes annoying, arc blow and the puddle being hard to see sometimes but the arc itself is buttery smooth.

[@ronimbeau4868]

I started to learn to weld 50 years ago. I wish we had videos like this then. Great job! Thanks.

[@gaminredneck5216]

I know man I am 21 and cant even imagine if youtube was around 50 years ago, could probably have toasters you could weld with by now XD

[@BrassLock]

I'm so glad you still show stick welding strategies, 'cos that's all I got. No fancy stuff, just basic tools in my DIY home workshop.

[@curtisvrabel7308]

This guy puts out great positive advice in every aspect of welding . Appreciate the effort in providing people with welding tips .

[@metalfabman5477]

Jody is the best thing on KZbin! as I told him years ago, his tips and tricks and amazingly simple way of explaining the skill of welding and fabrication should be the go to channel for all interested in becoming the best they can be. I show up once and awhile just to hear him explain things the way they should be explained. Even after more than 45 years under a hood and still fabbing and welding in retirement I love to listen to him. I wish I could have worked around him at some point, I know from his style it would have been a pleasure! Thanks Jody for all you put into this.

[@pauln1557]

Clear and concise, short and to the point. Perfect for the novice! Thanks for posting.

[@MasterHustler]

Jody and Bob Moffer from the other channel are the two best weld channels on the tube. Thanks for the pinky to thumb technique. Very helpful.

[@alaskamike3577]

Jody, I have been welding for 50 years and every time I go back and watch one of your videos I learn new stuff. You have done tremendous things for all of us in this glorious and rewarding pastime. Welding is pure passion for lots of us and you help us down that path. Much thanks.

[@Conjugate-Match]

Glorious? rewarding? passion? ...... LOL

[@greggferns3278]

The best channel for would be welders on KZbin.Straightforward advice,no razzmatazz.To the point without blinding us with science👌

[@bryanfiveoh3695]

Pinky thumb technique helped out on a lot of my weld tests. Thanks

[@naderfawzy5958]

This video is extremely amazing. I weld for 2 years now. I saw many welding trouble shooting videos before . I also got to much practicing on them. But this video is remarkable . It's the easiest the shortest and the most detailed in the same time.

[@Str8sixfan]

First welder I bought, the seller gave me a box of 7014 with it. I sort of fell in love with it, and haven't really deviated much from it for my hobby welding. It's really nice versatile stick. Thanks for sharing, a lot of good reminder tips in there of things I do and don't do as regularly as I'd like to think I do.

[@davidbere000]

Best welding teacher I've ever had

[@WTFisAuserFRCKINname]

This is a comment so far back I know you won’t see it immediately, but I just wanted to say I’m good at stick welding (never the best at anything for that matter); but seeing these techniques for “beginners” works on people like me too, that have been doing it a couple years. I can’t wait to use the pinky/thumb technique because I know it’s gonna help! Awesome stuff! Thanks so much!

[@ajs96350]

Your welds look like works of art, thanks for the instruction.

[@sN4Re]

Excellent video! Learnt a lot from this and look forward to getting out in the workshop t give it another go. What I liked most about the way the video was done was we didn’t need to watch loads of footage of just welding but rather what the welds look like from the different examples. Best short weld tutorial I’ve seen

[@vaux_wolf4281]

Nice to see some stick action Jody. Don't seem to see a lot of it around and it's a great technique being able to stick/arc weld. I was taught to stick/arc weld before any other welding process and it's a solid foundation for anyone to have.

[@Josh444mar]

Haven't welding since high school. Finally fell into an old Lincoln tombstone AC welder. Forgot how much fun welding was for me back then. Thank you so much for the videos. I love the pinky/thumb technique. Have learned so much from you videos!

[@johntompkins147]

Very nice video, not rushed, good instruction for us newby's, one of your best. Thank You Jody!!!

[@63256325N]

Great tips, thanks. I really wish this platform was around when I was first starting out. The knowledge base is priceless.

[@marktwain2813]

Thank you! Will weld for the first time today, no practice run. Using 6013. Wish me luck!

[@rodfarva3959]

This is awesome I just recently started a new job where I have to stick weld pretty often and I haven't done it in years. No problem doing mig or tig when I was building trains,now that I'm on the repair side of it knowing to stick weld properly is key!

[@rossijohn1408]

Never welded with 7014 before but where I'm from, 6013 is sold by most hardware stores and used by alot of people for domestic applications, it's quite common throughout the country for people with small time fabricating and welding shops. For industrial and commercial applications 7018,6010,7024 or fcaw, gmaw and gtaw come into play.I'm not saying we don't have 7014 but personally I've never seen it.

[@MillingtonBMX]

taught myself to stick weld last week. since then I've fixed numerous overdue rust holes in my Jeep skid pan haha

[@earlc5990]

Hey I'm just picking up welding as a hobby and doing exactly what you did a month ago now...just through YT.

[@RedIron1066]

Not much on KZbin about 7014, and it's one of my favorite rods. Thanks!

[@calvinhandley2373]

RedIron1066 6011, 6013, and 7018 seem to be the most common rods. I remember learning about them and other rods in welding school thirty-six years ago. My instructors taught us about the properties of the different rods, which was covered in great detail in the text book, and we learned what the different numbers meant. For example 6013 is 60,000 psi(60)tensile strength, all position (1), and all polarity mild-medium penetration based on the flux coating(3). 7014 run similar, but doesn't see as wide a usage. Terry Block, one of my instructors, told as while explaining the different rod numbers, that most of us that with all of those rod numbers, that we would probably end up running mostly 6011, 6013, or 7018, if we worked in a small job shop or repair shop, and 6010 and 7018 if we worked in the ship yards. 36 years later his predictions were true. Most of my career I ran a Mig gun, but when stick welding was required it was almost always those three rods. Usually 1/8" or 3/32". Also did some TIG, and had one job where I ran an aluminum spool gun for about eight months building drive-thru menus for Jack In The Box.

[@kf8575]

So many people knock 6013 rods, yet they are used a lot in the UK and Europe for structural steel, and low-midrange pressure pipework, turning out xray quality welds one after the other. Used a lot more than any 6010 rod, which are pretty much only ever used for open roots in pipework or platework such as storage tanks

[@longlowdog]

Simple, concise, excellent. Thank you, regards from Scotland.

[@miloszivkovic6118]

Iv red somewhere that slow travel speed isnt bad ,actually weld gets thicker and penetrates deeper,also it doesn't lose shape, only disadvantage would be waste of electrode

[@somethinburnin]

Down at the shop, Ag Industrial repair, Gary uses mostly 6013, 7014 with GREAT success, and 6011 as needed. Has a Miller Bobcat 250 in the field and a Lincoln Tombstone 225 in the shop. I also have my ancient Wards PowrKraft 230 there to learn with.

[@BadassWeldingVideos]

your videos+ a decent machine+ some scrap = better than welding school

[@phillhuddleston9445]

The only thing good about hands on training that you don't get here is feedback, sometimes you really do need someone to look at your welds or technique to let you know what you are doing wrong or how you can better your technique but this is great to have for those of us that can't get the hands on training and great as a supplemental learning tool for those that can. .

[@flyingnorseman]

I just finished welding school and you are very much correct.

[@FishFind3000]

Phill Huddleston biggest thing that helped me was watching my friend do 1 pass and seeing what I did wrong. He has formal training and education, I have KZbin.

[@LJPV777]

The thing that school WILL give you is feedback. Nothing will help you out more than someone who knows what they're doing, looking at your individual issues and working through them with you IMO.

[@maxscott3349]

Sure if you go to a really shitty school. There's plenty of good ones out there.

[@GavinFreedomLover]

This is one of the best stick welding videos, Thanks Joey !!!

[@jeremyhall9346]

Joooodee. JODY

[@rollandbeatty6076]

Great video! I got a multiprocess machine but I've only used the tig function. This will get me started on stick.

[@BEAR3780]

stick is much easier just much slower if you can do tig you can do any welding .

[@yehudastollak6808]

@@BEAR3780 I just started stick it’s fun once you get it but it’s hell when you don’t.

[@joshp234]

You are pretty awesome instructor thank you for all the help so far

[@ypaulbrown]

this video should be required viewing for all beginners and even experienced weldors......cheers Jody, well don

[@Eduardo-ik4do]

Thank you I’m 13 learning and this helped me do better

[@johnzupancic6631]

Thanks. I am going to try the pinky/thumb method today!!

[@bruced1429]

I make fire pits and barbeques and I use 7014 in various sizes. they work great and seldom stick. I use DCEP as it causes less splatter and the weld looks good. I also use them in pulse stick at 4 hz and I can weld fairly thin sheet metal . I mostly use Blueshield 7014 and some Lincoln. Blueshield is an Air Liquid product available in Canada and Europe.

[@stanleyj.mitchell4851]

Thank you. Did my first welding job for a mate today. The weld looks awful. Your tips will help.

[@jimrichey5919]

Don't forget the ever so useful 7024 jet rod.. I have burnt many a 50# can welding 3/8 plate with 5/32 and 3/16 dia rod. Sometimes when tired I have even nodded off while welding with 3/16 7024, long passes get monotonous..

[@lolzlarkin3059]

That pinky thumb prop is good. Use it all the time since watching your vids.

[@normanrhone2791]

Every sensible, practical information on KZbin, the haters are there to give it thumbs down. Their only relevance in life is to hate.

[@waterboy8999]

Hi Jodie, I'm so glad I found your video, it was really helpful, I'm about to start welding with my Pickhill Bantam that I purchased from a blacksmith a few years ago. Your style of instruction is fantastic, and the fact you have manners too is great. Now I can't wait to get started. Best wishes from Scotland.

[@josearizmendi530]

Man great video. Am just starting to weld and everything u mentioned is exactly what am going through. Thanks

[@Bigjsommers]

Great video, been a mig welder all my life, been tackling tig the last 2 years but really need to work on my Stick. Always seem to have a problem with getting the arc started.

[@HardwayRanch]

This is a fantastic refresher video! Thanks for putting these out over and over and over and over, etc.

[@username8171]

That is a beautiful corner weld.

[@markopalikko6986]

Just thinking the same.

[@landonsmith1274]

Very helpful video, thank you

[@jovi3345]

I just started welding in school and i watch your videos and there very helpful.Thank you.I will learn alot from you.💙😁

[@brentweiser3596]

I think I've still got some 6013 rods kicking around in the shop. I should burn a few in the Everlast for kicks and giggles. I really haven't used them since learning how to weld many years back.

[@TheTankerpete]

Thank you for your informative videos. I am subbed to a number of channels and yours are fantastic, at least for me. I’m a hobby welder and DIY type person. The information contained just works and I always search out your videos to help on projects, thank you and keep up the mission

[@jeffr6297]

I'm a very skilled welder, And today was the 1st time I ever ran a 6013...And to be honest, I Love the electrode...But...you do need to be precise in a position and speed, and arc... To me, after today, I feel like if amps are hot, you can stick a 6013 straight in were your beed will be, and it won't stick, and it will flow like butter...but all else is the same, just get yourself comfortable and get your degrees set right..BUT push that rod in..and you will like the 6013...one of the best things I love about the 6013.. I can run 4g/down hill flawless...and it's nice...I tend to like going down hill if I'm in the 4g position,,,But most electrodes/ 7018 etc you must run up hill...but it is what it is....good vedio

[@kd805tek23]

Nice and easy to follow packed with information thanks for the great video

[@DieselpunkMachine]

Thank you, best stick welding video. No trash talk.

[@droy333]

I really should get myself some rods. Just started learning with a Mig/Stick combo. Mig is pretty simple to stick metal together. Stick is a bit trickier, used a stick welder in the past. As always thanks for the videos.

[@cattreesteve]

I'm a newbie and I really appreciate the pinky thumb technique

[@jdbrewer6638]

Great video, really nice arc shots!! Great tips, Jody!

[@fazedude2519]

Joined ffa and power mechanics thanks for the help

[@dutchlizardgaming7269]

Thanks for sharing all your knowledge, I learn a huge load of things from your video's! I just melted my first beads this week and I see a lot of progression after a couple of days and a lot of your tips and tricks. I learned myself to push the pool back in at the end of the bead and that works very well. They finally start to look good ;) Again thank you so much for sharing this,... keep them coming!! ;)

[@pipayyapip2793]

Im just starting my welding course. This video really helps me to have knowledge on how I can get better on my weld. This is very easy to understand. Thank you.

[@hiitsrudd8567]

Awesome, I need to get back into stick. I will watch your vid over & again.

[@billk5727]

Thanks Jody! Something about a well done stick weld is pleasing to the eye. I've made some stick welds that didn't look great but they held up fine. I imagine a little well placed weld goes a long way.

[@zabdizelaya2614]

Very informative... like the video great exaples and the explanation is great! Thank you

[@Boonta2009]

Thanks from Thailand, that was just the knowledge I needed right now greate video ;-)

[@ZopcsakFeri]

Just took up hobby welding, and I love your pinky/thumb technique! It'll be the first thing I'll try when I get to weld next time!

[@gunnuts82]

🖒those are some really nice clear arc shots brother

[@michaelszczys8316]

Stick welded with mostly 7014 rod for the better part of 10 years, very nice rod, do just about anything with it. Uphill, downhill, sideways, overhead. Love it. Just about any other rod after that seems messed up.

[@hanDRailer]

Hey i have a question i have a inverter unit and mainly use for 3mm round wire welding or 25mm x 3mm flat bar any chance of showing vid on this type application thanks dude D

[@customrude]

Great video for beginners.

[@ron1martens]

Great video. We don't get the welding sticks in Australia with the numbers you mention.

[@timsworkshop85]

Stick and Tig welding, requires excellent hand/eye coordination, good stuff!

[@erikdude666]

God, I miss stick welding so much. Don’t get to do it that much at work and it’s normally on cast 😭

[@BalaMurugan-zq8uz]

Good

[@pg8605]

At my first attempt I used 60/70 amp. Total failure parts didnt weld at all. I just wasted the electrodes. However I did make holes to the metal.

[@buckw65]

Really like that pinky/thumb method for steadiness

[@planecrazyish]

Great info! i can fully relate , because the explanation and visuals are spot on. This has really helped me. Many thanks

[@gordjohnson70]

Stinger in right hand. Supporting with left hand, left elbow against body works pretty good sometimes too. Lotsa "sometimes" in welding.

[@cat-pl7ey]

I want to go back into welding I miss it alot.

[@PeterSmith-jx9ol]

Excellent video. thank you

[@jojomama4787]

Yeah,that pinkey-thumb thing you were showing,guess I've been using it so long I didn't even realize it...caught myself doing this the other day and if I hadn't watched this would not have known I was even using it,had a pretty good laugh,but also a pretty good thing to keep in your toolbox!

[@Verificador119]

Thanks Jody,with your great vídeos I'm always learning!!

[@leonardpearlman4017]

Well! That was really concise and informative! I'm doing some general review, finally getting electricity and organization into a small welding area. This is really helping. People think that welding is some kind of trick, like learning to juggle- they're just seeing the hand skill part. It's really important to be able to look critically at what you just did, and think of what you want to change! This part is hard for beginners.

[@MRrwmac]

Thanks! Appreciate the free lesson!

[@saidbaci4344]

Just beautiful job. Thanks for the tips.

[@fortuner123]

I'd like to see a vid on welding 1.5 and 2 mm tubular steel making a security door/ window frame using 6013 rods (the smallest I can get in Thailand).

[@tyroneclarke1666]

Very nice welding indeed mate. Thank you for sharing. Cheers. 🦘🇦🇺

[@claudiolemos1417]

Muy bien buena costura o cordón

[@NeyDuty]

esse cordão ficou bonito!!! parabéns e muito obrigado por compartilhar seu proficionalismo conosco...

[@osvaldomayen9256]

congratulations for the video i like the explain. you could make a video of what is the correct movement in the root pass?. greethings from México.

[@teis79]

I hear a lot of people that are struggling with downhill 6013. Took me a while to master myself. Maybe do a video on this sometime? Love your videos Jody!!!

[@kf8575]

Should be welded uphill. If you want to weld downhill youre better off with 6010/6011, 7010 etc

[@teis79]

@@kf8575 6013 can be welded downhill perfectly. Depends on the application and it does depend on which rod. But for example an Oerlikon Overcord will do the job neatly.

[@Wirewelding]

If my rod is burning really fast would that be to much amperage?

[@danielroe845]

6013s seem to get a lot of hate but I don't know if that's through a lack of the variety in the US. Here in the UK we have some really great quality rods, particularly the Bohler and INE.

[@alexrodriquez6451]

I remember when I used 6013 and 7014 with my powerarc welder. I couldn't believe how different they were to weld with.

[@luisjimenez8986]

muchas gracias por sus vídeos eres de los más calificados que he conocido .

[@davidd8435]

Thank you sir for a great video, the basic concepts are always great.

[@sandrarichardson2713]

Hi there--my dad was a super welder. I wish so very much he had taught me to weld. I have his rig and would like to learn to do a little. It'd be useful at times. Or maybe you or someone would suggest a simpler method of welding ... I am a 'mature' lady at this date. lol But still do a lot of work around here. Thanks and I enjoyed the simplicity of your demonstration. Jesus bless.

[@txdocprich_8404]

Awesome, Glad to see another stick vid

[@dynoguy]

great video as always, thanks... I'd love to see an episode about reasons for slag inclusions and best practice to avoid them, especially with 6013 in inside corner joints. I get it sort of OK most times, but I like to understand how to analyze the problem if it happens. A different electrode is not really a solution as i have huge amounts of 6013 sitting on the shelf.

[@michealobanaghan4220]

It nearly drove me mad trying to do inside corners with 6013 while I was learning. I get it mostly right now by running on the upper limit of the current, so 60-70A say for 2mm rod and keep the arc really short. If there is any slope on the joint the slag will want to run into it so weld uphill - alter your direction if necessary or position the work to keep the joint flat (if you can). Running at high current means watching your speed of travel to avoid undercut and it took me some time to learn to go slowly enough. On my old Clarke transformer welder that meant a setting for 2mm somewhere between the 2.5 mm and 3.2 mm marks on the indicator. Where two inside corners meet each other you get a kind of inside inside corner and that's really hard to deal with - I try to run into that and around the bend without stopping. A better welder than I am might get that right more often. This isn't advice from a top-flight welder, just someone sharing what worked for him! Discovering I had to pick a hot setting was a revelation (for me).

[@jerrybobteasdale]

Michael, I started typing a comment, but heck, you wrote what I going to write. 6013 requires more amps, and since the puddle is sort of obscured, the arc is longer than it feels.

[@alaskalamb]

Great job! I bought some tig fingers regular and the jumbo one. Love them use them for flux core they are great

[@joseflores857]

Thank you very much sir! Just like all of your videos! Great educational tool!🙏🏼👍

[@lanreakerele4375]

Can you do a video of how to do the vertical up weld, with E6013 electrodes, please?

[@tomt9543]

Just use gorilla glue instead. You’ll get better results!

[@bzbcustoms4520]

great work