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sweetk30 said:
there is a guy here local on c-list trying to sell over 200 lbs of older rod for 100 bucks . cardboard tubes and such . . . :doah: . good for him to try but he keeps listing it for months now and no bites .
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You can rebake them once.
ChrisPerry said:
Why not vacuum seal the new rod in small packs and open each pack as needed?
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Could work. Probably just a huge pain in the ass factor.
Not sure what I would do if an ironworker pulled up with his food saver and a bunch of food saved rods? :haha:

Joking aside I would tell him I couldn't accept them and force him to open a new container in front of me.
Which is what I generally do now.
 
So if I'm understanding correctly 70xx rods are the only ones that need to go in the oven and not 60xx ones right? Of course as Wade experienced they can still degrade and go to shit due to age/humidity.
 
Truckman4life said:
So if I'm understanding correctly 70xx rods are the only ones that need to go in the oven and not 60xx ones right? Of course as Wade experienced they can still degrade and go to shit due to age/humidity.
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The code only addresses low-Hy. But it's the same deal no matter the rod.
In the simplest form, flux is flux and all flux absorbs moisture.
 
Old guy welder I knew had a junk refrigerator in his shop,he wired the light bulb in it to stay on constantly and put a 100W bulb in it..
He stored all his arc welding rods in it and rarely had any issues with them not working well due to moisture ..

One day he told me a friend he did some welding for stopped by after he'd finished the job to pick up his item,and he was headed out to run errands--told the guy "just leave the money in the drawer under the bench,I'll leave the shop unlocked,so you can grab your part,I don't have to be here "..

The guy did come pick up his part,and to show his appreciation,he also left him a 6 pack of his favorite beer..in the fridge!..
Good thing he opened the door to get more welding rods that afternoon..the beer might have spoiled and exploded..

My friend has several gallon tin containers like laquer thinner comes in full of various arc welding rods someone gave him ,who used to work at a shipyard..
They have all been opened and exposed to the air for at least 10 years ,and he's tried to use some of the rods once in a while..
One day he was trying to weld patches on a Saturn X member with the arc welder,his MIG was out of argon and almost out of wire,and the metal was kind of thick for his mig anyways..

It was very difficult to get them to strike and maintain an arc..
He asked me to try doing the welding,as he rarely uses his arc welder,he prefers a MIG,and isn't that good at it..

I couldn't get a bead to run for crap either--then I looked at the rods,which were pink flux coated,they were 6010 ,which is "DC Only"..
I dug thru the box and found some 6011 rods that had the flux cracking off them,I was able to get them to work,but I had to crank the welder up to 150 amps to get the arc going..normally 75 amps would have been plenty,and after I burned a few inches off the rod I was able to lower the amps back down..

But the welds looked like bird crap,didn't want to penetrate,just blob up on the surface or blow holes.....he finally went and bout a box of 6011's at Lowes for $15 and those worked great..
 
Almost 1/4" but the MIG he had was a 110V Craftsman that topped out at 90 amps,and it was probably weaker than that,it worked well on sheet metal and exhaust pipes,but on anything thicker it would just puddle up on the surface...
He got a Dan-Mig after that ,a 220V one that goes up to 160 amps..that'll melt anything up to 3/8" in one pass..
But the old Lincoln Tombstone worked great once we got new rods..
 
Building some racking to go over the shear. 2x4x3/16 tube. I am feeling my age. Got one done and up. Started on the second and went to weld the base on. I could not get the welder to strike. Squeezed the trigger multiple times. Tryed to arc it while pulling he trigger. Finally walked over to the welder. It was not on.:doah:
 
Sounds just like me..
I climb up a ladder 15 feet (which I HATE doing,and am likely to get killed on!),and the drill I have in my hand wont turn on..

Then realize the F-N cord unplugged itself while I was climbing the ladder!..:angry1:..

I now tie the extension cord and drill cord together before climbing a ladder..:blush:


Another major annoyance is having your air hose KINK while your under the vehicle ,and your impact gun wont work...nothing much worse than crawling up & down from under a vehicle after age 60..:mad1:
 
diesel4me said:
Sounds just like me..
I climb up a ladder 15 feet (which I HATE doing,and am likely to get killed on!),and the drill I have in my hand wont turn on..

Then realize the F-N cord unplugged itself while I was climbing the ladder!..:angry1:..

I now tie the extension cord and drill cord together before climbing a ladder..:blush:


Another major annoyance is having your air hose KINK while your under the vehicle ,and your impact gun wont work...nothing much worse than crawling up & down from under a vehicle after age 60..:mad1:
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I solved both of those problems with cordless battery power. I hate dragging cords and hoses around. Although, that cannot solve the welder issue for Wade.
 
I hate anything with batteries-(Including the two under my trucks hood !)--
I don't own any cordless tools and probably wont,unless I get a freebie...only one I ever had was a cordless screwdriver,a Blue Point one I got as a Xmas gift,it lasted only a year,I did not use it often enough and charge it,the battery was lucky to drive three screws before it died,then after it sat so long it refused to recharge.. and the battery in it was soldered to the wiring ,so I ended up scrapping it..

I've used cordless drills and found them awkward and unbalanced,clumsy,and they all ended up running out of battery before I got the chore finished..

I know they have supposedly come a long way with cordless tools and batteries,the new Milwaukee cordless impacts my friend has are impressive,but he feels the same as I do about cordless tools,and keeps a corded drill and other tools handy so he can finish a job when the batteries are dead or charging..
He had to buy several spare batteries and a charger so he can pop in a fresh one when using the cordless tools..

I just dont use power tools often enough to justify getting anything cordless..the cords are a pain,but at least they always work..
 
ktmoutfront said:
Building some racking to go over the shear. 2x4x3/16 tube. I am feeling my age. Got one done and up. Started on the second and went to weld the base on. I could not get the welder to strike. Squeezed the trigger multiple times. Tryed to arc it while pulling he trigger. Finally walked over to the welder. It was not on.:doah:
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sounds like something I would do
 
Some days I should just stay in bed.

Built a rack over the new shear. Welder worked every time when I turned it on. This is to get the sheet stocknoff of the floor.

The rack is bolted to a cross support on the ceiling that is bolted to 3 trusses. 4 red heads into the slab for each post.

Had a hard time getting the first one stood up. Second one went quicker because I learned from the first 'n.
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Built them on my bench. Marked the horizontal leg at 48 inches and three the 45 on it so I would have 50" top side of the leg. Also had one of the 45s done for the kicker. Thinking ahead.
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Nope. Got it all welded up and tut he top side is 48 inches. My sheet metal work bench is 49 inches wide. Will get fixed when I get home.
Headed to Colorado springs for wedding.
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ktmoutfront said:
Some days I should just stay in bed.

Built a rack over the new shear. Welder worked every time when I turned it on. This is to get the sheet stocknoff of the floor.

The rack is bolted to a cross support on the ceiling that is bolted to 3 trusses. 4 red heads into the slab for each post.

Had a hard time getting the first one stood up. Second one went quicker because I learned from the first 'n.
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Built them on my bench. Marked the horizontal leg at 48 inches and three the 45 on it so I would have 50" top side of the leg. Also had one of the 45s done for the kicker. Thinking ahead.
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Nope. Got it all welded up and tut he top side is 48 inches. My sheet metal work bench is 49 inches wide. Will get fixed when I get home.
Headed to Colorado springs for wedding.
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Spent way too much time on the shear today. I could not get a clean cut and it had a clunk part way through. I could not press the pedal and watch the back motion at the same time. Set the gaps and the blade angle. Somebody made new turn buckles for it. Both ends are right hand thread. So adjusting them did nothing until I figured that out. Blade gap is supposed to be 0.002. It was at 0.35 and should only be 0.004 bigger at the most. A large hinge pin on the bottom was out of it support so this were not lining up. Also, the blade is supposed to be at an angle so the blade cut from right to left. 3/8" clear on the right and 1-3/4" on the left. Was 1/2" on the right and 1" on the left.
Works so smooth now.

 
One of the footers for the lift is dug. 2+ feet deep x 4 feet x 6 feet. 7300 pounds of concrete. Other side will be the same. Dug 6 inches under the existing slab. I had a 26 year old neighbor do it. He was glad to have the work. Cost me $50. Should be the same for the other side. I was going to rent a small backhoe at $300 a day. So I am money ahead and maybe helping a convicted felon out. I had to call his parole officer and let him know what he was doing today, because he would not be home.

The Chief of Police and the County Sheriff stopped by to say hi.

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you never know maybe he might like it and turn out to be a honest trade for him to do as there will always be a need for food vendor service rig work / repair / custom builds .
 
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