Haven't tried this weld method?

[MEASURE TWICE]

Stick welding I don't have, but looks real. The web has a lot of fake, but I get the idea of how this may work. Wood to hold down arc rod. Weld progresses automatically.

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[MEASURE TWICE]

Something I'm wondering is why does not the rod arc all along the length when set down between the two work pieces to be welded that way.

I know with MIG the feed wire arcs at the end, but if you were to have the wire feed for a while with no contact (waste some essentially) and touch a point between the nozzle and the end of the feed wire it would arc there too I believe.

You know anything about that?

 

[curtisfox]

Stick welding I don't have, but looks real. The web has a lot of fake, but I get the idea of how this may work. Wood to hold down arc rod. Weld progresses automatically.

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Stick welding, they make a 7014 rod that is a contact rod, you can hold it against the metal and go right along. Used it a lot when I had my stick welder..........Curt

 

[MEASURE TWICE]

So there is like a coating that is electrically resistive and just the end conducts. As it burns down the end still is the only spot that arcs I guess.

 

[Oldbiscuit]

On a arc welder your welding rods are flux coated. The flux acts as a insulator as well as a shield . When you strike an arc your stinger is attached to one bare end of the welding rod and the other end contacts the grounded metal , creating an arc. The resulting arc is super hot and will melt the base metal as well as the welding rod and the surrounding flux engine n the rod.

 

[Oldbiscuit]

On a arc welder your welding rods are flux coated. The flux acts as a insulator as well as a shield . When you strike an arc your stinger is attached to one bare end of the welding rod and the other end contacts the grounded metal , creating an arc. The resulting arc is super hot and will melt the base metal as well as the welding rod and the surrounding flux engine n the rod.

Fricken spell check !! It’s supposed to say “as well as the surrounding flux on the rod”

 

[curtisfox]

Don’t you just love spell check sometimes?..........Curt

 

[MEASURE TWICE]

Yea, so then this is real, just not too many cases where this would really be practical. Maybe thermite made into something like a licorice stick and "Set It an Forget It". Oops is that Ronco?