$5 Welding Rod VS $100 Welding Rod

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Жыл бұрын

In todays video Western Welding Academy Instructor "JAMES PACKARD" Tests a $5 Welding Rod vs a $100 Welding Rod.
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@JimmyWelds Жыл бұрын

The primary difference between $5 rods and $100 ones is the $100 ones end up in my box at the end of the day

@WesternWeldingAcademy Жыл бұрын

🤷‍♂️

@timdurachko Жыл бұрын

It'd be awesome if y'all got a camera set up with a real dark filter to show the puddles! That would really make the puddle clarity section easier to follow. They probably make some for the camera you're already using, but if not just throw an old hood lens in front of the camera lens :)

@WesternWeldingAcademy Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the suggestion!

@luisarashirovideo Жыл бұрын

I think start and restart is the main difference I have found in different brands when it comes to 7018. Also if you run low amps, low quality rods will turn themselves off after a few seconds

@WesternWeldingAcademy Жыл бұрын

🤔

@creativeexperience6388 11 ай бұрын

I have a lincoln weldanpower 225 and I find that if I don't weld over 110 with a 1/8 7018 I get that stopping also

@creativeexperience6388 11 ай бұрын

I worked with a guy that had a lincoln 300 and it could go down to 95 with a 1/8 7018

@vinnybro13 Жыл бұрын

Ive used quite a few different brands. Excaliber is probly the one you will see most but i prefer inweld rods. Have never had any issues using them. Always smooth start and easy restarts.

@WesternWeldingAcademy Жыл бұрын

Touché

@SweetieTarian Жыл бұрын

Make more of these!! They’re awesome and helpful

@WesternWeldingAcademy Жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

@mdmwelding3189 Жыл бұрын

Nice video. Thanks for the information on HARBOR FREIGHT ROD.

@WesternWeldingAcademy Жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@cz75tactical9 Жыл бұрын

The coating on the end vulcan rod. Keeps the flux from breaking off in transit. I have a 8"x1" 4in1 rasp/file that I modified for welding. Just file off a spot in the coating and they lite up smooth. Same goes for restarts.

@WesternWeldingAcademy Жыл бұрын

Ooooh

@chronicsalt2735 Жыл бұрын

esab has a hood 7018 line 👍

@WesternWeldingAcademy Жыл бұрын

👌

@ypaulbrown Жыл бұрын

wonderful Mr Packard.... I have found Lincoln 7018 AC restarts with no issue...... there seems to be no flux/slag when you stop....I use Excaliber for structural, I am not a pipe guy.....cheers from Florida,,,,Paul...

@WesternWeldingAcademy Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@ypaulbrown Жыл бұрын

@@WesternWeldingAcademy you guys are always great James. cheers, Paul

@DymondzTrucking1962 Жыл бұрын

Forney makes a real good rod. I was never a big fan of Lincoln welding rod. My favorite is Hobart.

@WesternWeldingAcademy Жыл бұрын

👀

@jwboilermaker Жыл бұрын

ESAB Atom Arc > Excalibur.

@WesternWeldingAcademy Жыл бұрын

Hmmm

@tranzgenduhgooner7197 Жыл бұрын

Lol I was looking for this comment. ESAB definitely burns the cleanest and starts the best out of any rod. Best rod for welding old to new pipe and tubes. Once you burn 50lbs of ESAB you definitely notice when you have a hand full of Excalibur.

@jwboilermaker Жыл бұрын

@@tranzgenduhgooner7197 and when you get to their QA rod that nuclear plants use, you can no longer use Excalibur. I had to tell the apprentices taking weld tests to scrape the “milled” end of the rod on some millscale on the table to get it to start better for them.

@JohnWheels Жыл бұрын

What do you think of the Hobart at Tractor supply? Definitely better that harbor freight. I'd like to see it vs. Lincoln

@joshlee9280 Жыл бұрын

Hobart fillers are really good

@WesternWeldingAcademy Жыл бұрын

It's aight

@rudyvaldez Жыл бұрын

Does all stainless weld rod have bad puddle clarity? Also is the slag supposed to be super hard?

@WesternWeldingAcademy Жыл бұрын

Good question! We might answer this question through a video. Stay tuned!

@chethaynes5802 2 ай бұрын

I appreciate your objectivity

@autodidacticartisan Жыл бұрын

Rock mount rods are like 250 for 1 lb of tig wire

@WesternWeldingAcademy 10 ай бұрын

👍🏻

@dobermanpac1064 11 ай бұрын

👍👍🇺🇸 Loved your comparisons, I almost thought we were comparing ammo. 😂

@WesternWeldingAcademy 11 ай бұрын

😂😂

@kennetharntson5912 Жыл бұрын

I learned to weld New Guinea nugeni using 6010 Lincoln Fleetweld 5, 45 years in the jungles of New Guinea. Yes this rod spatters alot (many a time got hot spatter in my ear stove pipe welding vertical and overhead even with my cap bill over my ear) but even to day at 76 I still prefer the 6010 or 6011 rod. My problem is I am now retire and live in Thailand and finding the 6010 or 6011 rod is impossible. 95% of my welding is on thin carbon steel less than 1/8 thick. I have a friend who buy me welding rods in America. Wondering if Harbor Freight sells a 3/32 or 2.8mm 6010 rod? The 7018 is a waste of time welding thin steel too many burn through. I am now thinking of buying a MIG machine.

@WesternWeldingAcademy Жыл бұрын

Sounds like a tough spot

@harisyoung4110 Жыл бұрын

i think "yawata" and "kobelco" is the best brand you can get in asia, they were made in thai.. i had a good result welding a really thin steel using yawata s13 which is made for softer steel, but they were only in 6013. . almost impossible to find other than 6013 and 7018 in asia.

@kennetharntson5912 11 ай бұрын

@harisyoung4110 Thanks for the advise. When I first move to Thailand I was able to get the 6010 from the Lincoln reb in Bangkok, but that was 12 years ago, now they are no help. All the Japanese welding rod makers make a 6010 welding rod but but don't sell it in Thailand. I wave welded with a MIG welder and found it easy to use and I found Ali Express has some good ones for less than $500 with free shipping. I think that is the way to go. Starting construction on a new house made of steel and concrete. Will me framing the walls and roof with 2x4x 1/8 channel. Think the MIG will do the job. Thank again for the reply.

@jackguess762 Жыл бұрын

6010 and 7018 are always harder to run they take more OCV that has nothing to do with the quality

@WesternWeldingAcademy Жыл бұрын

🤔

@gageemmins3156 Жыл бұрын

what about Hobart rods

@WesternWeldingAcademy Жыл бұрын

If you want to

@waynerobinson2236 11 ай бұрын

Give me Miller over Lincoln best rod I ever used Strata. Raised on #77's

@WesternWeldingAcademy 10 ай бұрын

💪

@factsforlife0O0 Жыл бұрын

You must got a bad rod because I rather would have Harbor freight 7018 rather than Lincoln the HF rod for me runs a lot better and I get little to no spatter with it just because you hear pops when welding dont mean anything you got proper protection on they are all I use I got 6010 Lincoln and they love to stick I get HF 6011 and they runs nice and I can do easy restrikes

@WesternWeldingAcademy Жыл бұрын

To each their own