Been welding (self taught DIY) with a 250 Amp oil bath machine for about 35 years and then got lucky. My sis in law gave me a working 160 Amp inverter machine on condition that I repair their 200 Amp machine, which I did for about 5 Dollars. What a pleasure to weld with DC. Informative video mate. Thanks.
I'm just a DIYer. When I first time tried stick welding, I happened to have 7018 rods on hand. This 7018 rods really frustrated me, 9 times out of 10 I get sticky rods, and I found it is so hard. When I changed to 6013 rods, I found that welding became very easy. Therefore, I suggest that beginners should start with 6013.
I'm so happy I came across your comment. I was about to send this welder and the damn rods back to Amazon 😂. Grabbing some 6013s first thing in the morning
I had bought a welder/rods from amazon and was watching this video after the welder arrived. By pure chance the rods I ordered was 6013's as I didn't have a clue about the rod differences 😂 Great video by the way, very informative for us noobs. Keep up the good work 😁
Frank, the 70 is the tensile strength of the material. The reason the 6013 is easier for you is because you have your machine output too low. Not the sticks fault. They are not “sticky.” There is a lack of current to cause the arc. Turn it up and try them again. 6013 would probably suffice for whatever you are welding but be sure you are getting proper penetration. Anyone can weld, but not anyone can weld right. I say this because you don’t want to find out at a bad time that your welds were just surface level, could certainly cause problems.
I am not a welder and I’m trying to learn. Your presentation seems to be just what I need. A good quick pace - not too fast, not too slow - and you don’t get bogged down in needless details and become boring. Your voice is very easy to understand and you can get right to the point. Very good presentation job! I’m a fan!
Ditto. I just recently got a nice little $100 kit from Alibaba. I'm hoping I'll be able to learn and practice enough welding to impress my dad. He's been a welder for over 30 years. Thanks for this nonsense beginner's introduction. Much obliged.
I'm retired and getting back into welding as a hobby. Yours and Tims videos have been an excellent refresher course! I purchased a PrimeWeld Mig-180 to play with.
I am a beginner to mess around on this kind of welding process & as a beginner nobody teaches me except on professionals on You Tube, I am so lucky that i found this channel i start with E6013, at first i drew holes on the metal i am practicing then i come up with temperature, I see the difference now as i practice each day plus listening to those professionals guiding me, thank you for sharing on your video
5:45 - amperage. My Dad used to use his Lincoln arc welder a lot for making things like trailers, go karts, log splitters, and he was always in the 75-120 amp range. I never saw him use higher or lower than that for 1/8" to 1/4" mild steel, which he welded a lot.
@@-DIYPRO- Hie what welding machine you would recommend for people where is no electricity at all, should they buy DC welding inverter and power it with generator .Please help because I want to know whether is possible running DC welder using AC geretor
Thanks for making that video. I used to be a really good stick welder 30 years ago. Recently I tried to weld a trailer hitch and apparently I can’t weld anymore. I really bodged it up.
❤ thank you sir. As a retired math teacher and PE teacher and altogether handyman / hillbilly / part that I have to say that one of the things one of the very few things I have experienced in-depth is learning new technology and techniques. That means said I have to congratulate you sir I do not think I've actually seen a better or more well-done or efficient or interesting video when you consider those facts that are most important to me so I have to give you🎉 and a bit of a donation tiny but hey better than nothing thank you sir
"Easy to learn." You forgot "difficult to master." 🙂 Striking an arc without sticking, maintaining proper, constant arc length as the rod burns down, manipulating it evenly (whip and pause, circles, whatever) along a perfectly straight line for the entire length of the weld, takes practice. Fortunately, like you said, it's relatively cheap, and there's something eminently satisfying about chipping off a nice piece of slag.
I've been welding since 1972, AWS D1.1/5.20, 1" plate all positions. I've used AC and DC but prefer DC as the rod choices aren't as limited or expensive. 6010 or 5p are DCRP. 6011 is AC or DC. 7018 if AC is with red numbers, sometimes double stamped. DC is most often the best to weld with.
Nice simple instructions. All I want to do to start with is weld up some shaped rebar into an arch for my garden, then maybe move onto some more decorative stuff..
I bought a pack of 6011 because it's all they had and I wanted to practice because I have absolutely zero experience. Either I'm the worlds worst beginner welder or those rods are tough to learn with because I ruined two rods because they would stick before I ever got a bead going. I'll try 6013 when they come back in stock at Tractor Supply and hopefully my confidence will improve.
Used to make Caterpillar cabs in my teens some 16 gauge material. Now i am a pensioner have a small DIY welder. Even though i have had stick & Mig welders all my life. I find that my welding has got worse and i do not think i could weld 16 gauge now. Even though i still remember the tricks of the trade. 😅 used to love vertical welding but find it so hard to do now could be i do not move the way i used too. 😂
Thank you for the video. I am in the beginning of learning stickwelding, having only used mig before. Gonna weld a pizza oven, so this video was informative!
I am learning to stick weld as well…I can mig weld pretty good and I thought I would jump in and stick weld without any problems…I was wrong 😂 something that i kept having issues with at first was not pushing my rod in bc it’s not self feeding…but you get the amperage right for the rod and then figure out how they burn it’s not too hard…good luck to you
some expert welders say 6013 is the easiest to learn with. One pro told me that DC is easier for beginners. Also, for tool steel of any sort you need low-hydrogen rod like 7018 or 10018. For tool steels, preheat a little, not red hot just say 300 degrees, like with a propane torch, and use a littel less amperage. If you can, have somebody with a propane or acetylene torch to keep the weld from cooling really fast and hardening. Like when knife makers quench steel in oil. Fast cooling make it hard and brittel and your weld might break.
Great informative video, I have just managed to get a small DC stick welding machine. This is great advice and starting tips for welding newbie like me.
Don't push down and strike it like a match. Just scrape the bare end of the stick across the metal to strike the Arc. If you actually strike it like a match then you'll realize why it's called "stick" welding. But really if your rod sticks then just turn the volts up. That's all stick welding is, amps to melt the rod and volts to help it penetrate.
Good job. Great video enough info to get safely started with. I'm a DIY'er myself and it took me about 5 mins to figure out that MIG welding is to messy for me. So now I'm moving on to ARC. This looks a little less messy so I'm anxious to give this a try. I've seen guys doing "tack" jobs that look really clean. What sort of weld is that? Someone said probably aceteylene? How does that work? What kind of welding is that actually called? Do you have a video on what that entails to get start started?
Perhaps should have mentioned that different rods have different preferred ways of laying a bead. For example, 6013 and 7018 should be straight pulls, while 6010and 6011 are manipulated (whipped.)
When learning welding, my dad called 7014 "a-h**e rod", because "any a-h**e can use it." Plus, the flux composition isn't moisture sensitive. Good for hobbyists.
HELP!! using Fortney 6013 DCEP Titanium unlimited 140 at 35 or 40. Just sticks every time no matter what I do or try. Can not get it started except rarely!
What diameter rod are you using and when you say 35-40, do you mean 35-40 amps? Most likely your amperage is too low. If using a 3/32" then bump up the amperage to 70-90 amps.
@@-DIYPRO- Sorry using new Fortney E6013 1/16 and tried all amp settings on 16 gage steel and I can flux core no problem wondering if it's the holder tried DCEP and DCEN. Once it blew the rod end off at the holder.
Just tried welding for the first time with arc. Watched the video after wiping out 8 rods...only to learn there is a neutral and a positive rod. I feel like such a chop
How do we send you $5 as a thank you I think UA-cam came up with a super share or save or thank you and I do not see it on your video here which again was dare I say one of the best out of the last probably 1 or 2000 instructional videos I've benefited from
Right on, much appropriated! I thought I had the "Thanks" button enabled, turns out I didn't. Thanks for letting me know. It's enabled on my videos now! Go ahead and donate away, lol!
Do an apprenticeship because it’s a skilled job teaching you the skills in metal & alloy fusion using electricity and gas ! Burning a stick rod doesn’t make you a welder because a true coded welder can weld anything, anywhere in any position with any kind of welding equipment
they way inverter welders they work exactly like the VRM on a computer for power for the processor. Instead of having one giant transistor that will get really hot, so what they have is multiple transistors that fire down a line like a marque light.
I'm not a welder. I did used to try out a big Lincoln type like you show her. I could never keep from sticking the rods.? I'm thinking of getting a small inverter type, hope I can make it work... Peck
Question.. I’ve been welding MiG for 2 years will my experience help me out with stick welding? I’m starting a new job and I think they do structure stick welding
Thanks a lot for the video. Very helpful. When I weld along the inside of a 90 ° angle my weld run is in 2 halves so to speak with a groove along the middle. Can you help please?
The old tombstone transformers are def big and heavy, no doubt. But they're freaking indestructible. Replace rotten wires, sand corroded terminals .. banda bing bada boom, good as new. I'm a big fan of electronic circuits built with PN junction semiconductors that the inverters are made from, but there's something to be said for the zombie-apocalypse-surviving simplicity of the transformers. Worth having one around imho.
To young welders a video can get you started and maybe let you know what your doing wrong sometimes but the ONLY way to get good is burn rods once you burn 50 pounds of rods on different thickness different positions you will be getting the hang of it by then.
For all of you beginning as a certified welder, don't be intimidated by the 4g (overhead) position. Remember, an overhead is an upside-down flat (1g). Set your heat for the 1g for the 4g.
No, your house 220V and 30 amp would be the input voltage. The welder takes that voltage and drops it and ups the output amps. You can use Ohms law to figure out the exact input and out put voltage and amps. The max amperage you can typically get OUT of a machine on a 20amp breaker is around 120 amps. Running on 220V and a 30 amp breaker you could get around 250 output amps. It's late so hope that makes sense!
If you are going to make a video on the basics of welding, you should at least know the basics. Inverters are devices that change DC to AC. The machine you have (ESAB) would use 4 diodes to only allow electric flow in one direction opposed to alternating. Also, the polarity of the device matters. You can plug your ground up to + or - side but it affects the penetration and how fast material is deposited. Electrode-positive (reversed polarity) welding results in deeper penetration. Electrode-negative (straight polarity) welding results in faster melt-off of the electrode, and therefore a faster deposition rate. Again, the video wasn’t bad, but seriously, know what you’re talking about if you are going to try and make videos about it.
You mean like the full bridge diagram I show at 1:00! I totally agree an "inverter" technically takes DC power and inverts it to AC but I wasn't the one who came up with the idea to call DC output welders "inverters". It's just the name the industry gave them.
Jus can't do it...tried to take the welding test today, been mig, and tig welding for 15. 16 years...just can not arc weld, the fuckin stick keeps sticking...iv had it...fuck arc welding
What about Acid rods vs Alkaline rods.? Im not a welder, Im green when it comes to this, but got myself a stickwelder. Its a new Insulated gate bipolar transistor-based handheld welder, but its packed with a lot of adv. settings for one of these sketchy handheld welders from the fareast . * Hot start percentage * Force percent * Valley percentage * FRequency percentage 0 to 99 * VRD * vs CC vs CP (seem to be Alkaline vs Acid rods and the visual in the colorscreen shows full vs half, is that the cycle?) Trying to find logic in these settings... you can see them here. ua-cam.com/video/j3ApUD9zS9w/v-deo.html as mentioned its a new generation of even smaller IGBT based handheld welder.. that weighs 950g and uses less wattage.. between 2 to 3k, I'm on 230v (Denmark)
Just a quick tip for those that don't know; There is heavy UV light coming while welding, that give burn damage if you weld without gloves. You won't notice it until later that day or next day and you may think it's the sun, but it's much worse :)
You say Good Luck with using the smaller unit more than 4 ". I have that size machine. So Are you talking about the duty cycle? If so Can you point out what that means? How do you know it's at it's limit, does it stop working? do you need to wait then to restart? Thanks a lot for any info.
@@mikesaler1038 yes you have to stop and start, they just can't handle enough with that duty cycle. So you'll have to stop every few inches or so. Not a big deal for the average weekend welder, and if you are welding very light gauge you'll be fine. The more you spend, the more you can weld without stopping and the thicker etc.
Been welding (self taught DIY) with a 250 Amp oil bath machine for about 35 years and then got lucky.
My sis in law gave me a working 160 Amp inverter machine on condition that I repair their 200 Amp machine, which I did for about 5 Dollars.
What a pleasure to weld with DC.
Informative video mate. Thanks.
I'm just a DIYer. When I first time tried stick welding, I happened to have 7018 rods on hand. This 7018 rods really frustrated me, 9 times out of 10 I get sticky rods, and I found it is so hard. When I changed to 6013 rods, I found that welding became very easy. Therefore, I suggest that beginners should start with 6013.
Right on, thanks!
I'm so happy I came across your comment. I was about to send this welder and the damn rods back to Amazon 😂. Grabbing some 6013s first thing in the morning
I had bought a welder/rods from amazon and was watching this video after the welder arrived. By pure chance the rods I ordered was 6013's as I didn't have a clue about the rod differences 😂
Great video by the way, very informative for us noobs.
Keep up the good work 😁
Frank, the 70 is the tensile strength of the material. The reason the 6013 is easier for you is because you have your machine output too low. Not the sticks fault. They are not “sticky.” There is a lack of current to cause the arc. Turn it up and try them again.
6013 would probably suffice for whatever you are welding but be sure you are getting proper penetration.
Anyone can weld, but not anyone can weld right. I say this because you don’t want to find out at a bad time that your welds were just surface level, could certainly cause problems.
@@ShaqTheBosssame here 🤣
I am not a welder and I’m trying to learn. Your presentation seems to be just what I need. A good quick pace - not too fast, not too slow - and you don’t get bogged down in needless details and become boring. Your voice is very easy to understand and you can get right to the point. Very good presentation job! I’m a fan!
Right on, thanks!
Ditto
Ditto. I just recently got a nice little $100 kit from Alibaba. I'm hoping I'll be able to learn and practice enough welding to impress my dad. He's been a welder for over 30 years. Thanks for this nonsense beginner's introduction. Much obliged.
Wow, what an awesome video. You gave great information and didn't try to stretch it out for 30 minutes. Thanks!!!
I'm retired and getting back into welding as a hobby. Yours and Tims videos have been an excellent refresher course! I purchased a PrimeWeld Mig-180 to play with.
Right on, thanks!
I love no bullshit tutorials. Thank you for this video
Right on, thanks!
I am a beginner to mess around on this kind of welding process & as a beginner nobody teaches me except on professionals on You Tube, I am so lucky that i found this channel i start with E6013, at first i drew holes on the metal i am practicing then i come up with temperature, I see the difference now as i practice each day plus listening to those professionals guiding me, thank you for sharing on your video
Right on, thanks!
5:45 - amperage. My Dad used to use his Lincoln arc welder a lot for making things like trailers, go karts, log splitters, and he was always in the 75-120 amp range. I never saw him use higher or lower than that for 1/8" to 1/4" mild steel, which he welded a lot.
Thank you Sir -you did a fantastic job covering so many aspects in under 10mins Kudo's to you sir...
Total beginner here in old age. Great tutorial; no BS, easy to understand, good visuals. Thanks. Do you have one on MIG and Plasma cutting?
This DIY welding is 110% free educational...
Its a wow🎉🎉❤
Thanks!
@@-DIYPRO- Hie what welding machine you would recommend for people where is no electricity at all, should they buy DC welding inverter and power it with generator .Please help because I want to know whether is possible running DC welder using AC geretor
Thanks for making that video. I used to be a really good stick welder 30 years ago. Recently I tried to weld a trailer hitch and apparently I can’t weld anymore. I really bodged it up.
❤ thank you sir. As a retired math teacher and PE teacher and altogether handyman / hillbilly / part that I have to say that one of the things one of the very few things I have experienced in-depth is learning new technology and techniques. That means said I have to congratulate you sir I do not think I've actually seen a better or more well-done or efficient or interesting video when you consider those facts that are most important to me so I have to give you🎉 and a bit of a donation tiny but hey better than nothing thank you sir
Thank you much!
"Easy to learn." You forgot "difficult to master." 🙂 Striking an arc without sticking, maintaining proper, constant arc length as the rod burns down, manipulating it evenly (whip and pause, circles, whatever) along a perfectly straight line for the entire length of the weld, takes practice. Fortunately, like you said, it's relatively cheap, and there's something eminently satisfying about chipping off a nice piece of slag.
All that will be coming in the 2 week long course, haha!
Practice during school holidays made me almost perfect .I remember at first I could not sustain the arc.the starting was really terrible
Just today I had an outdoor project and required 6013. Last night I was refreshing my memory on how to stick weld....
Good timing!
I've been welding since 1972, AWS D1.1/5.20, 1" plate all positions. I've used AC and DC but prefer DC as the rod choices aren't as limited or expensive. 6010 or 5p are DCRP. 6011 is AC or DC. 7018 if AC is with red numbers, sometimes double stamped. DC is most often the best to weld with.
Nice simple instructions. All I want to do to start with is weld up some shaped rebar into an arch for my garden, then maybe move onto some more decorative stuff..
I bought a pack of 6011 because it's all they had and I wanted to practice because I have absolutely zero experience. Either I'm the worlds worst beginner welder or those rods are tough to learn with because I ruined two rods because they would stick before I ever got a bead going. I'll try 6013 when they come back in stock at Tractor Supply and hopefully my confidence will improve.
Wonderful Video! I have only been welding for about 4 weeks now & your video has been very, very helpful! Thanks again!
Right on, thanks!
How has it been, I start trade school for it next week .
I can't believe you picked up that Lincoln tombstone. That thing weights a lot!
Ready I’ve done mug welding so this will be a fun learning experience
Right on, thanks for watching!
You do a great job explaining everything, thx for posting.. I will follow you for sure!
Awesome, thank you!
Used to make Caterpillar cabs in my teens some 16 gauge material.
Now i am a pensioner have a small DIY welder. Even though i have had stick & Mig welders all my life. I find that my welding has got worse and i do not think i could weld 16 gauge now. Even though i still remember the tricks of the trade. 😅 used to love vertical welding but find it so hard to do now could be i do not move the way i used too. 😂
❤ Thank you so much for sharing this. I greatly appreciate it 🙏🏾.
Any time!
Thank you for the video. I am in the beginning of learning stickwelding, having only used mig before. Gonna weld a pizza oven, so this video was informative!
I am learning to stick weld as well…I can mig weld pretty good and I thought I would jump in and stick weld without any problems…I was wrong 😂 something that i kept having issues with at first was not pushing my rod in bc it’s not self feeding…but you get the amperage right for the rod and then figure out how they burn it’s not too hard…good luck to you
some expert welders say 6013 is the easiest to learn with. One pro told me that DC is easier for beginners. Also, for tool steel of any sort you need low-hydrogen rod like 7018 or 10018. For tool steels, preheat a little, not red hot just say 300 degrees, like with a propane torch, and use a littel less amperage. If you can, have somebody with a propane or acetylene torch to keep the weld from cooling really fast and hardening. Like when knife makers quench steel in oil. Fast cooling make it hard and brittel and your weld might break.
Basics for beginners! Thanks!
Great informative video, I have just managed to get a small DC stick welding machine. This is great advice and starting tips for welding newbie like me.
Don't push down and strike it like a match. Just scrape the bare end of the stick across the metal to strike the Arc. If you actually strike it like a match then you'll realize why it's called "stick" welding. But really if your rod sticks then just turn the volts up. That's all stick welding is, amps to melt the rod and volts to help it penetrate.
Yeah brother good video for sure. We need all tutorials to be modeled after this video.
awesome video!
clear and concise video 👍
Good job. Great video enough info to get safely started with. I'm a DIY'er myself and it took me about 5 mins to figure out that MIG welding is to messy for me. So now I'm moving on to ARC. This looks a little less messy so I'm anxious to give this a try. I've seen guys doing "tack" jobs that look really clean. What sort of weld is that? Someone said probably aceteylene? How does that work? What kind of welding is that actually called? Do you have a video on what that entails to get start started?
i work as a material handler for a metal Fab shop and want to learn to weld for my own projects at home. great video man!
Right on, thanks!
Perhaps should have mentioned that different rods have different preferred ways of laying a bead. For example, 6013 and 7018 should be straight pulls, while 6010and 6011 are manipulated (whipped.)
That will be coming up!
Great information thanks 👍🏾 im about to dix my trailer
Thanks!
Thank you for those important instructions,have a nice year work go
Right on, thanks!
Thanks for the video, very helpful for a beginner, I have just started to learn by UA-cam and practice, loads of great advice 👍
Right on, glad it was helpful!
When learning welding, my dad called 7014 "a-h**e rod", because "any a-h**e can use it." Plus, the flux composition isn't moisture sensitive. Good for hobbyists.
Right on!
Thanks for that. Two thumbs up! Liked and subscribed.
Right on!
Great Video, jumping directly into good stuff.
Great information for beginners. Thank you.
Right on, thanks!
HELP!! using Fortney 6013 DCEP Titanium unlimited 140 at 35 or 40. Just sticks every time no matter what I do or try. Can not get it started except rarely!
What diameter rod are you using and when you say 35-40, do you mean 35-40 amps? Most likely your amperage is too low. If using a 3/32" then bump up the amperage to 70-90 amps.
@@-DIYPRO- Sorry using new Fortney E6013 1/16 and tried all amp settings on 16 gage steel and I can flux core no problem wondering if it's the holder tried DCEP and DCEN. Once it blew the rod end off at the holder.
Hello, great video. About to buy first welder. What amperage machine do I need. Not planning on anything over 1/8 or 5/16. Thank you.
After you strike the rod, do you put it down on the plate or do you hold it above the plate as you weld?
Thanks for the video learned a lot, keep them coming...
great video, wondering about the fumes, do i need to wear a respirator etc.?? thanks
If enclosed area, yes. I have my garage door open and a fan on the other side pushing it out.
Just tried welding for the first time with arc. Watched the video after wiping out 8 rods...only to learn there is a neutral and a positive rod. I feel like such a chop
There are a lot of little things that you'll learn along the way. Keep it up!
Excellent! Thank you for the video/info.
Awesome tips. Thanks.
You bet!
Excellent video my friend great information 👍
Thank you 👍
How do we send you $5 as a thank you I think UA-cam came up with a super share or save or thank you and I do not see it on your video here which again was dare I say one of the best out of the last probably 1 or 2000 instructional videos I've benefited from
Right on, much appropriated! I thought I had the "Thanks" button enabled, turns out I didn't. Thanks for letting me know. It's enabled on my videos now! Go ahead and donate away, lol!
I wanna start doing stick welding and other welds
Pick one up and start welding!
Do an apprenticeship because it’s a skilled job teaching you the skills in metal & alloy fusion using electricity and gas ! Burning a stick rod doesn’t make you a welder because a true coded welder can weld anything, anywhere in any position with any kind of welding equipment
Great info, thanks!
You bet!
they way inverter welders they work exactly like the VRM on a computer for power for the processor. Instead of having one giant transistor that will get really hot, so what they have is multiple transistors that fire down a line like a marque light.
Is there a special rod for DC?
I'm not a welder. I did used to try out a big Lincoln type like you show her. I could never keep from sticking the rods.? I'm thinking of getting a small inverter type, hope I can make it work... Peck
It also helps if you can find a welder that has adjustable hot start and arc force.
Question.. I’ve been welding MiG for 2 years will my experience help me out with stick welding? I’m starting a new job and I think they do structure stick welding
Stick is a lot different but yes, it will help you out in reading the puddle and knowing a good weld.
I like the twist stinger handle
I like those too.
Any suggestions about the size of welder to get? I see most arc welders on a 10amp plug are 140amp. If you want more you have to go to 15amp.
Thanks for the info 👍👍
Any time!
Great video Thankyou will try it
Thanks man 👍
Anytime!
Does the stick need to be the same material as the two un-joined metals? Any gotchas when welding certain types of metals?
Great Work，nice video
Thanks!
So you can touch the rod while its on to guide it?
Yep, no issue doing that. Just don't touch it bare handed while sitting in a pool of water!
Thanks!!! my dumb butt was tryna weld stainless steel with the steel rods lol
No Slave to the Tank..!! Rain or Shine or Snow or Wind, That's why you go with stick
Exactly!
Very good job !!! Regards
Question, is fixed shade hoods safer than auto dim? If batteries die on auto dim, can it burn your eyes? Or does it go dark automatically?
This was a gd video I learnt a lot
great tips!! 8:58
Right on, thanks!
Thanks a lot for the video. Very helpful. When I weld along the inside of a 90 ° angle my weld run is in 2 halves so to speak with a groove along the middle. Can you help please?
I think I know what you are talking about. It's an amperage issue, you'll need to turn it up.
@@-DIYPRO- OK thanks. The AC welder I'm using is a very old device I have had for many years. Time to upgrade !
What dc welder is that your using?
It's the ESAB 180i. Awesome welder but if you are just getting started here is a great welder: amzn.to/4aMPww5
The old tombstone transformers are def big and heavy, no doubt. But they're freaking indestructible. Replace rotten wires, sand corroded terminals .. banda bing bada boom, good as new. I'm a big fan of electronic circuits built with PN junction semiconductors that the inverters are made from, but there's something to be said for the zombie-apocalypse-surviving simplicity of the transformers. Worth having one around imho.
To young welders a video can get you started and maybe let you know what your doing wrong sometimes but the ONLY way to get good is burn rods once you burn 50 pounds of rods on different thickness different positions you will be getting the hang of it by then.
Yep, got to practice!
I have the same exact chipping hammer
Thanks for the info!
You bet!
Thank you
Can u explain y not to start with 6010 that’s what we have at my work
so I need a generator to run the DC welder ?
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Thank you much!
So that's what Whiskey, Tango , Foxtrot stands for... "What the Flux" thank you.
Exactly, lol!
For all of you beginning as a certified welder, don't be intimidated by the 4g (overhead) position. Remember, an overhead is an upside-down flat (1g). Set your heat for the 1g for the 4g.
Thank u
If my Home Max Voltage is 220V and Max 30Amps , Does That Mean I can Only Set my Mig Welder to Only 30 Amps and Only Use 1/16" stick 20-40Amp
No, your house 220V and 30 amp would be the input voltage. The welder takes that voltage and drops it and ups the output amps. You can use Ohms law to figure out the exact input and out put voltage and amps. The max amperage you can typically get OUT of a machine on a 20amp breaker is around 120 amps. Running on 220V and a 30 amp breaker you could get around 250 output amps. It's late so hope that makes sense!
@@-DIYPRO- Thank you.. Once you mentioned Ohms Law I found articles..
On my dc welder ...my electrode is -ve n i get better penetration...easier to weld with
Stick welding you can definitely try switching polarity. Some rods do run better on EN.
Good afternoon
Back at you!
Thanks bro I need your help to work
I choose to Lincoln arch welder 6011 is my choice
Right on!
Damn good video!
Pain, I started out on 6010.
But now you are a pro!
I don't even know what is an Aoominum. However, I certainly know what is an Aluminium
Right on!
😂 Always remember, using shorter sticks is the most dangerous. Stick with longer sticks.
Awesome explanation
Couldnt get any cheap inverter machine to run worth a crap. Im sticking with the good old buzz box. Much nicer welds.
I'm loving my titanium unlimited 140 it does a good enough job with Arc and mig I haven't tried out the Tig yet
My name is frank am welder from Ghana l need job from you
Welcome!
If you are going to make a video on the basics of welding, you should at least know the basics.
Inverters are devices that change DC to AC. The machine you have (ESAB) would use 4 diodes to only allow electric flow in one direction opposed to alternating.
Also, the polarity of the device matters. You can plug your ground up to + or - side but it affects the penetration and how fast material is deposited.
Electrode-positive (reversed polarity) welding results in deeper penetration. Electrode-negative (straight polarity) welding results in faster melt-off of the electrode, and therefore a faster deposition rate.
Again, the video wasn’t bad, but seriously, know what you’re talking about if you are going to try and make videos about it.
You mean like the full bridge diagram I show at 1:00!
I totally agree an "inverter" technically takes DC power and inverts it to AC but I wasn't the one who came up with the idea to call DC output welders "inverters". It's just the name the industry gave them.
Jus can't do it...tried to take the welding test today, been mig, and tig welding for 15. 16 years...just can not arc weld, the fuckin stick keeps sticking...iv had it...fuck arc welding
What about Acid rods vs Alkaline rods.?
Im not a welder, Im green when it comes to this, but got myself a stickwelder.
Its a new Insulated gate bipolar transistor-based handheld welder, but its packed with a lot of adv. settings for one of these sketchy handheld welders from the fareast .
* Hot start percentage
* Force percent
* Valley percentage
* FRequency percentage 0 to 99
* VRD
* vs CC vs CP (seem to be Alkaline vs Acid rods and the visual in the colorscreen shows full vs half, is that the cycle?)
Trying to find logic in these settings... you can see them here. ua-cam.com/video/j3ApUD9zS9w/v-deo.html
as mentioned its a new generation of even smaller IGBT based handheld welder.. that weighs 950g and uses less wattage.. between 2 to 3k, I'm on 230v (Denmark)
Just a quick tip for those that don't know; There is heavy UV light coming while welding, that give burn damage if you weld without gloves. You won't notice it until later that day or next day and you may think it's the sun, but it's much worse :)
😂what the Flux 😂😅
What the flux say!
Good luck welding more than 4” at a time with that tiny dc unit lol
You say Good Luck with using the smaller unit more than 4 ". I have that size machine. So Are you talking about the duty cycle? If so Can you point out what that means? How do you know it's at it's limit, does it stop working? do you need to wait then to restart? Thanks a lot for any info.
@@mikesaler1038 yes you have to stop and start, they just can't handle enough with that duty cycle. So you'll have to stop every few inches or so. Not a big deal for the average weekend welder, and if you are welding very light gauge you'll be fine. The more you spend, the more you can weld without stopping and the thicker etc.