bawldimoreboy (October 4, 2008 at 4:52 pm)

yuk! when complete, your weld is supposed to look like a stack of dimes :-)

mictourigny (October 3, 2008 at 2:46 pm)

his start has undercut. he should have chipped the slag too.

Fuckmougefucks (September 30, 2008 at 7:42 am)

Dude come on man your good bead is horrible bro... It has cold roll nasty..

nurvina (September 29, 2008 at 9:19 pm)

his so called good weld bead was welded to cold he should have ran the bead hotter there was no penetration

tomandcrazyj (September 22, 2008 at 11:24 pm)

I've welded with stoudy wire, Its a hard surfacing wire after you weld with that it will ping and snap crackle and pop for awhile as it cools kinda weird stuff.

tomandcrazyj (September 22, 2008 at 11:21 pm)

answer to it except it might be hard spots or hot spots...??? What is it???

tomandcrazyj (September 22, 2008 at 11:19 pm)

I was just being a smartass, with the rest of them assholes:) J/k assholes, No but for real yeah 6011 usally needs a wire brush or something to make it look nice, especially if u r welding through millscale and crud. 7018's slag usally pulls up by itself as long as all the elements r right.Thinking about it I do have a question. When running 7018 sometimes theres like a blueish color in some spots, I've been welding for a while now and haven't figured out what causes that and haven't found an ..

coilgunner2 (September 22, 2008 at 9:11 pm)

No no, Your doing fine, Either you have a nice rod that is NOT 6011 or you are a very good welder. The rod really depends how much slag is put on. When I weld I use a 6011 rod just because that is what is easily available and it takes a bit of grinding to come off. Some rods you can here a ping as the slag detaches and then you can just slide it off.

tomandcrazyj (September 20, 2008 at 2:14 am)

Huh? Usually when ever I stick weld the slag just about comes off it self or just needs a little tap by the end of the rod. I must be doing something wrong?

coilgunner2 (September 18, 2008 at 8:58 pm)

The weld is nice and it looks fine he just needed to get rid of all the slag...