it wont affect penetration but you might get porosity. And on thick steel or high strength steel, cracks can form from hydrogen being diffused into the metal. thats why 7018 and 7016 are classified as low hydrogen and need to be stored in a rod oven or new and sealed in a container. Hydrogen molecules are tiny and can find their way into steel microstructure and cause cracks.

THank you for this video, it helped me understand a couple things I've been struggling with at welding school and my instructor hasn't been able to help me with it, but watching this video I found a couple things I was doing wrong. I can't wait to try them out.

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Learning to weld on the job as I was conscripted into maintenance. Hands on is probably the hardest way, but your videos help greatly.

I was explained that dig could be easily understood by comparing it to a twist garden nozzle. When you twist left the spray gets wider with less force to the right uh our stream gets tighter and digs deeper. It has helped me and hopefully it helps others.

Thanks for this TIP Boss, it really helps me as a 2nd week student of NC2 SMAW. 👍 Great God Bless you.

I support uphill welding and i approve this msg! 6010 is my best friend! everyone in my class hates it, but i love it. Its one of my favorite rods.

I needed this. Tht vertical t join is kicking my ass. Thank u very much

Love your TIG Videos. The more TIG the better!

Very very nice! I Was not aware of the dig settings on the Miller Dynasty DX I'm very grateful for your videos!

Oh boy, i have to learn so much.... Thanks for uploading, Jody.

Thanks for the video been having a hard time on this position gonna keep at it again on Tuesday at school

I haven't done anything but TIG with my welder but boy do you make stick welding look like fun! Looks like I'll be playing with stick welding with my everlast tig welder real soon.

Wow Jody, You make it look so easy. I can't wait for the bike frame vid. That's exactly what I'm looking to do with my welder. Maybe a pull behind trailer too. I have the 140ST but don't have the tig setup for it yet. Gonna see if I'm able to do this project using stick? Not as pretty I'm sure but as long as it'll work.

Can't wait to play with the dig settings on my PowerArc welder. Welding is so addictive!

That's an insightful explanation as to why the weld with 6011 looks so different compared to others. I didn't think it was an effect of cooling rate.

Jody recently made a video showcasing the powermts 250s. He makes stick welding look so easy.

Jody, love the videos! Is it possible to do a split screen of the puddle plus watching your hand movements? I like to see the rod angle and how you prop.

Thanks Jody! I will give your tips a try tomorrow!

me and my fellow student class mates have been watching your videos. we would love to see you weld an open root using 6011 rod. we are going for tickets soon and i would love to see you weld an open root

love the video. wish you were my teacher in school. wish i had this info while i was in school.

Id love to see a 6g pipe tig and smaw as well. Hope to be seeing this soon! Keep up the good work

I never thought an adjustable dig setting would be useful until I started using my arc force setting on my Everlast welder. Pretty cool stuff.

Everlast makes great welders. Quite a few of my friends own them and I'm looking to pick up a MTS250S myself.

because of these vids I passed TIG! thx man

Love all your videos, but really cool to see a stick flick.. Checkin out the forum!

thanks a lot sir, great tutorials. thanks.

I definitely agree on the 6010 portion. thats what gets me

I dont care much for 6013. The only reason I would use 6013 is if that was all I had.

Could upload videos of how to weld with other electrodes when doing vertical up/ down and types of weave patterns techniques?

Parabéns...Suas demonstrações são muito boas...só gostaria que tivesse legendas em português nos vídeos.

just google "welding tips forum" and you will find it.

When I got certified at the naval shipyard it was weave root, stringers the rest of the way out. Beads no wider than 2x width of the rod

Would the dig function be doing the same as arc control? My Miller has a knob for arc control but nothing to do with dig?

use the inverted T to lay 6010 hill. good for root pass on t joints/inside corner joint

im an apprentice ironworker and i've easily mastered flats horz and vert with 7018 wire.. now they got me doing overhead v-grooves and i got to say its the hardest and most uncomfortable thing to learn. is there any way you can upload a tip video for "total overhead" not a t-joint because if you ask me an overhead t-joint is not different from welding horizontal

Jody, Thanks for all the tips! Question: I need to repair some bullet holes in a 1/2" plate steel back stop, at a rifle and pistol gun club. The plate steel is impregnated with lead, zinc, brass, and copper, from the bullets. Grinding the base metal, the lead and zinc (mostly) remain in/on the plate steel. We have been using 6010 rods, but the welds are poor, and it takes forever to make a pass. Any ideas, filler metal suggestions? Thank you for all your instructional videos and comments.

Hi there, First of all I find your videos very interesting and educative! About the 7016 and 7018 which are low hydrogen electrodes hence they have to be preheated in an oven. I do not have this facility currently. If I don't pre-heat them will the penetration be effected? I never had the opportunity to test it out my self. Thanks for your videos!

Another good one Jody. Man.. That 33 setting sure goes a long way huh. Lol

q mas maestro gracias x todo quiero aprender a regular el amperaje en soldadura tig gracias

coming soon...tips for 4g overhead. 3/8" thick 22.5 deg bevel, 1/4" backing plate, 1/4" gap. 1/8" 7018 whats the rule for ironworkers these days. Stringers only? and how wide is max width of a bead?

Im currently in welding school and having issues with vertical up 6010 on a tee joint. I’m curious when this application will be needed in the structural welding world of if it’s just a basic exercise to help beginners get to know the rod?

ive filled up like 3 or 4 practice plates... i make the same stupid errors every time my root is awesome but when i get to the cover it gets wavy also im welding using a tombstone so heat may be off but its pretty hot. they tell me its incomplete im trying to practice using the run off more (starting on the backing bar) its hard because the backing bar tends to get perosity on it and the rod will stick so i tended to start in the test plate

Thanks, Jody!

our beads can only be 3/8" thick. but they like to see stringers... we take 1inch thick v groove bevels with a backing .. cut them in a band saw and side bend them. when im running overhead i run about 110 amps and bearly weave my weld the way we weld takes forever to fill it up

6013 rods are nice to use can u dont have much slag buts its easy use 7018 xcaliber rods they are bit harder but fill in good

yes the #1 means all position rods

You will fine if you are not welding to code. If you are welding to a code like D.1.1 or D.1.5 you will need to use rods that are fresh from a newly opened container and store the unused portion in an oven OR use rods that have been heated in an oven. The stay times vary some rods are good for 4 hours in ambient air and other are good for up to 8.

need to give a 6010/7018 6g pipe tips video.

Are you using 1/8th wire? 110 seems pretty cold even if you are running stringers. I do my overhead at 120-130 for the purposes of the unlimited test. My vertical is about 118-120ish. My suggestion would be to try and up your heat a bit. Best of luck bro.

What angle are you running that 6011/6010 at? It looks like 5% or so kind of like a 7018 angle for uphill.

What do you think of the 6013 rod also called farmer rod? See Ya.

Is it possible to weld 6011 vertical with an AC welder?

i'm thinking of buying an everlast 205 super ultra any thoughts? also its used (barely) what do you think is a fair price

Any chance you can help out some Canadian fellas with a 3g CWB test plate tutorial?

Is 125 too hot for 1/8 6011? I took a weld test for a barge company today and the weldor had the machine cranked to 125 for the 6011 doing vertical and overhead. Needless to say it didn’t look very well and the rod was just eating into the metal

But I wanna see the bike welds nowwwwww! Thanks for the video Jodi

I love stick welding! my powerarc has an arc force control. what is it supposed to be used for?

This was great. In class we are using 5/32 6010 for vertical inside corner welds. My beads travel speed and arc length are good until about an inch from the top. I start to get a lot of arc blow and when I adjust my rod angle it either blows out the top or mounds underneath. I've tried shortening the arc length and increasing the travel speed but it still looks pretty sloppy. Even angling the rod downwards towards the top doesn't help. Any suggestions???

In welding class we're running 6010 electrodes at 45 dcen

Do you think a higher dig setting would affect the duty cycle of a lower amperage machine?

thanks

I freaking suck at vertical. I can't figure it out to save my life. My horizontal T-joint was perfect according to the teacher, but now that I am doing vertical it is just impossible for me. I get lots of globbed up parts no matter how fast my travel speed is or my amperage. My teacher told me to travel much faster than you are traveling in the video and to not pause at all, just up and down quickly up the metal. I've tried everything I know to try and just cannot get it. Please do a more in depth video showing how to stack beads on vertical 6010.

Thanks.

How do get to your Forum??

I "dig" your vids Jody...and I don't even weld! Bucket list entry: Learn to weld!!

try to keep your arc tight to your base metal, and then just keep feeding the electrode into your puddle

I don't think my small inverter machine like 6010 or 6011. 6010's do nothing but stick / won't light and the 6011's stick alot too, but run ok IF i can manage to get one to light. And forget about using a half burned rod. Even grinding the tip clean, they won't light. 6013's always run fine tho.

Weldingtipsandtricks what type of electrode is best for welding solid galvanized?

ido vertical down with 6011 and 6010 it is easier for me. All you do then is just increase angle and keep your puddle up.

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I have trouble seeing the rod when i stick weld, all I see is the flash

This process for 6011 vertical up need be ac I have no option I'm using DC at school right now I'm just having such a tough time with vertical up a lot of our art blow some do with the magnetic fields

I'd hate to go to a school that makes you use 6011 rods. They stick too much on ordinary AC welders. 7014 rods are much nicer to use on mild steel which is the metal pretty much what an average shop uses.

You should wear a welding helmet then. ;) You should see if you can get a darker lens for your helmet that should help.

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what would you set amperage to on 3/8" t joint vertical up position with a 5/32" 6010 rod?