Anyone have any views on this...

[roofman]

Seems to easy...Is it a strong weld?

 

[Ali]

Can think of too many practical applications for that technique + @Parm would put you in prison? Interesting though.

 

[Woody.v8]

Seems to easy...Is it a strong weld?

No , no it won't

 

[optima21]

Ive never tried stick welding but it makes sense, but its one of those youtube videos that are completely pointless as you wouldn't do it that way (same with most life hacks). as the rod burns it will maintain the arc gap so will continue to arc. but in a production environment its not going to be the quickest way of sticking two pieces of metal together.

 

[Paul.]

Firecracker welding, used to be used in shipbuilding to make sealing welds on plate, never heard of using wood though, i used to have to demo it when i ran welding courses and would either use a copper bar or just tape to hold the electrode in place

 

[Woody.v8]

Firecracker welding, used to be used in shipbuilding to make sealing welds on plate, never heard of using wood though, i used to have to demo it when i ran welding courses and would either use a copper bar or just tape to hold the electrode in place

I suppose its like any other bad practice in welding like welding vertical down or not prepping your weld, just because it can be done doesn't mean you should do it.

 

[Brad93]

The amount of time he ****** about you could of welded it by hand three times over.

You've got to wonder where the carbon is going from the wood, probably diffusing straight into the weld.

Like Paul said. There were real world applications where this was done with big copper bars.

Nowadays if you wanted to achieve that sort of flat profile and control the level of penetration to just give a sealing weld, you'd use Subarc or if you were particularly flush, electroslag.

 

[brightspark]

just the one view looking at it woluld you bother

 

[8ob]

With the current hits on that one vid there are 32 years of peoples lives wasted

Bob

 

[gerrymoore]

And the price of wood these days!!! Bri ...don't try this with the Mig !!

 

[MattF]

With the current hits on that one vid there are 32 years of peoples lives wasted

Bob

Just wait until we get a "What's wrong with my weld" post on here, because of it.

 

[Johnnybravo]

New type of Root weld

 

[gordon stephenson]

A friend of mine was a rep for Stubbs welding rods, He had a demo where the rod was on a pivot and was touching the steel to be welded, Switched on and the rod remained in contact and burned right down, Sold a lot to "non" welders, Farmers etc, He called them idiot rods, High iron powder on the flux, virtually impossible to get stuck,

 

[minimutly]

Wasn't there a vid on here a year or two ago where a couple of chinese people were making an artic trailer, stick welding fillets without looking, just lean on the rod. Nothing new.

 

[roofman]

And the price of wood these days!!! Bri ...don't try this with the Mig !!

Talking of Gerry...mig burning like a good un