Re: Using 1/16 inch 6013 Welding Electrodes

Each box is 1 lbs and contains some 47 or 48 welding electrodes.

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COMPARING IT WITH OTHER WELDING ELECTRODES IN TERMS OF SIZE :

Upper rods are the 1/16", middle are the 3/32" rods and the lower ones are the 1/8" rods.

Another size comparison, the upper and lower rods are the 3/32" and the middle are the 1/16" rods.

The upper ones are the 1/16" rods and the lower ones are the 1/8" rods.

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SOME COMPARISON IN TERMS OF LENGTH :

The 1/16" rod is way shorter, its only 25 cm, its the top most welding electrode.

Top rod is the 1/8" and the two lower rods are the 3/32" rods.

I'll post later some weld applications using this 1/16 inch rods on a 2 X 2 square tubing and probably some 18 or 16 gauge scrap thin sheets !

To be continued and thanks for viewing !

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Hinde naman bro, still have to cut the scrap square tubing and probably look for some pieces of thin gauge metals. 😉 😀 hehehe

By the way bro, nag order din ako kay joey81 ng 2 boxes of 1/16 inch 7014 rods, baka interested ka, pm mo lang si bro joey81, marami yata syang binili sa States.

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i like the welding rod case 🙂

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I purchased some HF 1/16" rods too and will probably have these by mid December. I want to try as well if it will make a difference welding 1.5mm square tubes.

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Boy oh boy, almost forgot to post this weld exercises/applications of the 1/16" E6013 welding electrodes, had this already on cam a week before the end of Nov.

Anyway here are my findings and sure might be beneficial for other members who are also into welding and metalworking and might be wanting to try this kind of welding electrodes in the future.

HERE GOES :

But of course I have to cut some small pieces of 2 X 2 square tubings to serve as my exercise in using these 1/16" thin E6013 welding electrodes.

Just be cleaning up the edges and the rusted surfaces with a flap disk so it will be easier to do the weld applications.

And this is how I will join the cuts made on the 2 X 2 square tubings.

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What I did was to tack weld first every joint using different ampere settings, from 20, 30, 40 and 50 amperes so it will be easier to do the several weld applications on the metal joints.

Well I guess the settings of 30 and 40 amperes do work fairly fine.

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Here's the first weld application on this joint:

So far so good weld applications using 40 amps and 30 amps.

The cleaned weld applications.

The grinded metal surface with the two joints.

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And the second weld applications on the other side of the tubing joints :

Used 20 amps and 30 amps on each application.

The used of 20 amps seems not really working on the vertical application compared to the 30 amps diagonal weld applications.

Nevertheless cleaned and grinded the two metal joints to find out what would be the result.

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And some more weld applications on the other metal joints :

And here is a close up shot of the welded joint.

And another close up shot of the welded joint.

It slipped my mind to take pics of the weld applications, sorry about that, I was more concern with the results after grinding up the metal surface. It seems 30 amps and 40 amps do work well with the 1.5 mm thickness of the tubing walls.

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And some fillet welds :

Using different ampere settings of 30 amps, 40 amps, and 50 amps. So far so good but still need more practice on the fillet applications but in general I can say its nice using this 1/16" rods specially for thin walled materials. Sorry again that I forgot to take pics of the weld bead applications.

Well I hope this exercises can help others realize the positive effects of using this thin rods though it may not be really available locally, but I guess we can request bro JayL to supply us with these special 1/16" rods, may it be the E6013 or the E7014 and others.

Anyways, thanks for viewing these posts ! 😉

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Oh I forgot to share this tip.

Since this 1/16 rods are quite thin for the rod holder to grip, what I did was usually bend the end of the metal rod so at least it will have enough body for the rod holder to grip and hold on, BUT it may just be my rod holder, you can try it with yours in case you use these thin rods, if your rod holder grips the end of the rod well, great and well in good but if its kinda loose, then you'll have a problem with your electric current and welding process.

These rods easily gets consumed as well since its so thin and much more shorter 🙁 compared to our usual locally available 3/32", 1/8" or the 5/32" rods.