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OK, the 3/32" rods you are using is fairly good enough for your material being welded but there are still some sort of technique needed to learn to have a successful weld beads. Its really difficult to do a ran or continuous weld bead on thin walled square tubings due to burn throughs and surface warping.

So what is usually done is you just apply one bead at a time, letting it cool for a while, chip of the slag then apply again the next bead, then so on and so forth until you finish the metal joint. Another option is ran or apply a short stitch weld bead, about 1/2" to 1" on one part and then apply the other one on the opposite end. Purpose of this is that as you apply the other weld bead ran, your first applied weld beads on the first end would cool down a little reducing heat on the metal surface. Then on the other side of the square tubing joint, you start again on one end of the joint, leave it and start again anew on the opposite end letting each weld application cools down.

Usually for 3/32" rods, required ampere setting are from 60 to 95 amps only so I guess you will have to do some or lots of practice with these ampere settings on some scraps to find out what would fit you best.

Huwag mong ibabad yung rod sa metal, pag pulang pula na ang metal surface, immediately withdraw and let the surface cool for a few seconds before resuming to apply another weld bead.

Hope this helps bro !!! 😉

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Parang ganito lang bro ang result ng weld na itinuturo ni sir rosy..

Spot spot lang..

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Thanks sirs, need more practice . . . First time to do metal that thin. Still cant make the 3/32 work for me, so i used thinner rods for stainless steel. Had some success compared to 3/32. Practice pa
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Yes bro rolly, stick welding needs a lot of practice to be able to successfully lay some good looking or we may call decent weld beads/puddles plus knowing various techniques for thin and thick walled materials.

With regards to what you said using thinner rods of stainless, do you mean you are using the 1/16" rods ? :confused:

Well I just hope you don't get discourage when practicing with the 3/32" or 1/16" welding electrodes.

CHEERS and GOOD LUCK, also stay safe during your welding sessions !!! 😉 :work:

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Practice and lots of practice lang yan bro rolly 🙂

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Yep it's 1/16". 12 petot per rod
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praktis lang brader. kumuha ka na rin ng ADH mo tsaka respirator kung sakaling wala ka pa. mas mapapadali ang praktis...ako nga nawawala din pulso ko sa pagwewelding kapag di ako nakapagsunog bakal ng 1 linggo. pero bumabalik din naman habang nagwewelding na....

subukan mo yung 1/16 6013 welding rod. may binebenta ang mga kaforum natin dito.

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Thanks sir. Im a bit comfortable welding with thicker metals. Nagulat ako when i got that 1.5mm tube.

Wala b available 1/16" rods sa hardware?
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Kay sir joey81 meron 1/16 rod..pm mo na lang..may order din ako di ko pa lang nakukuha..hehehe..tabi mo lang sir joey.

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^may isang pakete pako kay sir joey81....pakitabi lang din muna sir..hehe

tinabi ko yung 1/16 rods ko para sa auto body panel repairs na gagawin ko in the near future....

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Here's what im trying to weld. .

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Oxy ace cart/wheeler..kasalukuyan may ginagawa rin akong ganyan..out of scrap nga lang..

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Yessir. . . 2mm steel tubes are more than double the price of 1.5mm ones. Here im testing kung kakayanin ung tanks. Ok naman

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