Rod storage

[Richie mac]

Good morning guys
I'm looking for a storage solution for my welding rods,what do you guys use or recommend ? Cheers fella's

 

[MattH]

Rod Storage

Boxers for me

 

[Wendelspanswick]

Good morning guys
I'm looking for a storage solution for my welding rods,what do you guys use or recommend ? Cheers fella's

Arc electrodes or TIG/Gas filler rods?
For filler rods I use lengths of 40mm solvent weld waste pipe with a screwed access plug at either end.

 

[Richie mac]

Thanks @Wendelspanswick .... It's predominantly mms rods I'm looking at right now as I seem to have an abundance of them,but I guess the same format would work on a larger scale too ...

 

[Davidcardiff]

I like to use these
http://www.rapidwelding.com/dynamic/DisplayItem.aspx?c=RG100SIF

 

[cardiffrob]

Mil surplus mortar round tubes are quite good. Waterproof seals on them and a carry handle. Mine are cammo green so I can never find them! Like this...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-M...236455?hash=item419a4745e7:g:bdAAAOSw3ydVuUZT

 

[ms08]

I have a small box perched on a radiator...

 

[ms08]

Mil surplus mortar round tubes are quite good. Waterproof seals on them and a carry handle. Mine are cammo green so I can never find them! Like this...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-M...236455?hash=item419a4745e7:g:bdAAAOSw3ydVuUZT

Slight problemo getting it into the country............

 

[CompoSimmonite]

What about a length of waste pipe with two end caps ?

 

[Welderpaul]

Shove them in the airing cupboard if you are not using them for a while.

 

[Richie mac]

Cheers guys looking at options now :-)

 

[Cobbler]

Mil surplus mortar round tubes are quite good. Waterproof seals on them and a carry handle. Mine are cammo green so I can never find them! Like this...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-M...236455?hash=item419a4745e7:g:bdAAAOSw3ydVuUZT

I bought 2 of those from a car boot sale many years ago for a pound. Always wondered what sort of ammo went in them. I've had rods in them for years with a desiccant pack. Still dry, but don't use the arc welder often. Really good if you can find some here. The other answer is a bit of 3 or 4" soil pipe with a rodding cap on each end. Get the caps from a builders merchant easily. Look in the builders skips for a bit of pipe

EDIT Compo's already said that.

 

[The flasher]

This is what I made up.

 

[Jim Davey]

An old rod oven is good if you find one cheap.

 

[normspanners]

on top of my old style boiler, thats not the wife BTW. it keeps them nice and dry.
Both ------unfortunately.

 

[Richie mac]

@normspanners. Comments like that are y my missus thinks I'm losing the plot when I laugh and threatens to join the the group to see what's so funny.......

 

[Bill Edwards]

I like to use these
http://www.rapidwelding.com/dynamic/DisplayItem.aspx?c=RG100SIF

I've got a couple like that and they are rubbish quality. The seal is hard and the caps pop off if they get a knock.
I've got a couple of 'rod guard' ones which are excellent.
The best, but they are hard to find and costly, are I think Saftube ones. The design and quality is perfect and I trust them to keep lo-hi rods dry from a vac pac.

You'd have to be wealthy to buy a few for different sizes though.

 

[Bear]

As said eariler I made myself these a while back. Total cost was about £13 and i still have enough left to make myself some more if these get broken or if i need more storage

 

[Bill Edwards]

Think I may have get some of those.

 

[premmington]

I've got a couple like that and they are rubbish quality. The seal is hard and the caps pop off if they get a knock.
I've got a couple of 'rod guard' ones which are excellent.
The best, but they are hard to find and costly, are I think Saftube ones. The design and quality is perfect and I trust them to keep lo-hi rods dry from a vac pac.

You'd have to be wealthy to buy a few for different sizes though.

The blue "rod guard" ones from Rapid are far better than the yellow Saftube ones.

Well worth the few pound extra on the asking price.