[AT] welding problems

[Cecil Bearden]

If welding with DC and there are a lot of problems getting a bead to 
run, sometimes I wrap about 4 turns of the electrode cable around the 
piece then weld on it.  Sometimes it works better if you wrap the ground 
lead on it.  We used to get some 6011IP from McKay.  It welded like 
squirting butter!!  It had iron powder in the flux.  Cannot seem to get 
it anymore in an rod larger than 3/32.  I have welded with everything 
except tig, and my go-to welder is my Lincoln Idealarc 250 AC DC.  I 
have 2 of them and one sits outside with a cover on it where I do most 
of my welding.  I just do not like welding in the shop.  Never know 
where those sparks go to...  I would check if you have low voltage at 
your outlet for the sticking problem.  A marquette welder was usually a 
good one in the early days.  I have one that is AC only and it is made 
of a plywood box.  It is a great welder!!  It can burn 3/16 6011 for a 
long time.  I cannot find a lot of information about it, just that it 
was probably made during WWII for production since steel was in short 
supply.
Cecil in OKla

charliehill wrote:
> John,  I used to work for an industrial contractor.  Every year this 
> particular company had the same job during the maintenance shut downs at a 
> paper mill.  It involved some heavy duty welding on some de-barking drums. 
> One year our welders (these were big wire welders) wouldn't do the job. 
> They were the same welders and same kind of wire we had always used.  We 
> called the welding supply people to figure out what was wrong.  When they 
> finally figured it out they realized that the new steel we were welding in 
> had somehow gotten magnetized.  It wasn't the welders or the wire,  it was 
> the steel.
> 
> I'm not saying your steel is magnetic.  I'm just saying the problem might be 
> something you're not expecting or looking for.
> 
> Charlie
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Hall" <jthall at worldnet.att.net>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2009 6:02 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] welding problems
> 
> 
>> A lot of good comments fellows, thanks.
>>
>> I checked the rods today and all 4 boxes of Hyundai rods I have are marked
>> AC or DC.
>>
>> I work next door to a metal fabrication shop. I'm going to take a couple 
>> of
>> the rods over there and see if they can have any luck with them. Also, 
>> I'll
>> try to bum a couple of rods off of them to try here.
>>
>> If any one else comes up with comments or suggestions I would love to hear
>> them. I'll let the list know what the problem turns out to be.
>>
>> John
>>
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