magneticanomaly
Titanium
- Joined
- Mar 22, 2007
- Location
- On Elk Mountain, West Virginia, USA
I do not weld much stainless. Recently finished making a big pan out of presumed 304, about .100 thick. Stick welded with 1/16" diam E-347-16, DCRP. Welds nice, smooth ripple, handled fine both on outside corners and inside fillets...
Only problem was that at a current setting sufficient to get good fusion, the 9" rods were glowing orange by the time they were 1/2 gone, which increased the meltoff rate and sometimes made the weld globby. Is this just the way it is for small SS stick electrodes? Welding machine is the same 60 yr old Lincoln engine-drive I weld everything else with.
TIG is not a realistic option for me because I would use it too seldom to justify having the gas sit until it leaked away.
Thanks for your thoughts
Only problem was that at a current setting sufficient to get good fusion, the 9" rods were glowing orange by the time they were 1/2 gone, which increased the meltoff rate and sometimes made the weld globby. Is this just the way it is for small SS stick electrodes? Welding machine is the same 60 yr old Lincoln engine-drive I weld everything else with.
TIG is not a realistic option for me because I would use it too seldom to justify having the gas sit until it leaked away.
Thanks for your thoughts