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A member here shipped me some AC/DC 7018, asked if I would run a side bend test to see the results. Far as I know this rod has never seen the inside of an oven. At the very end of the root pass the rod acted really funny, I could see the flux flaking off 3/4 to 1-inch above the puddle. Even with this rod being cold, it ran very nice, maybe the best 7018 I have ever run! Here are the pictures, most likely it will take two posts to get all the pictures up loaded. Attached ImagesDon’t pay any attention to meI’m just a hobbyist!CarlDynasty 300V350-Pro w/pulseSG Spool gun1937 IdealArc-300PowerArc 200ST3 SA-200sVantage 400
Reply:More pictures. It's obvious I need a better camera for close up shots. There is a blemish in the cap pass on the left coupon. Looks more like a ding than a rip. There is the same thing on the other coupon, way out of the weld zone. Maybe the coupons hit something when springing through the bender. Attached ImagesDon’t pay any attention to meI’m just a hobbyist!CarlDynasty 300V350-Pro w/pulseSG Spool gun1937 IdealArc-300PowerArc 200ST3 SA-200sVantage 400
Reply:Number 3 is my favorite, I think ill avoid wet electrodes tho. But in all seriousness the beads look great. What setting did you run those at?
Reply:The 1/8-inch rods at 125-amps, +2.0 on the arc force.The 5/32-inch rods at 145-amps, +2.0 on the arc force.Don’t pay any attention to meI’m just a hobbyist!CarlDynasty 300V350-Pro w/pulseSG Spool gun1937 IdealArc-300PowerArc 200ST3 SA-200sVantage 400
Reply:any notes on the cost or availability?Is this sold as a maintenence type rod (weld anything to anything)?Lincoln SA 200Esab Caddy 160Thermal Arc 201TSMiller Dialarc HFI don't like making plans for the day because then the word "premeditated" gets thrown around the courtroom....
Reply:Looking Good  It's weird, iv'e worked with some no name electodes that welded flawless and some brand name that ran like garbage. Work has been providing me with Hobart electrodes lately, And I have so many open boxes because one box same electrode is fine and another box same electrodes is garbage. Nice flux curl too! I hate being bi-polar it's awsomeMy Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
Reply:I forgot to post this link in my original post.  http://weltec.us/Welding.htmDon’t pay any attention to meI’m just a hobbyist!CarlDynasty 300V350-Pro w/pulseSG Spool gun1937 IdealArc-300PowerArc 200ST3 SA-200sVantage 400
Reply:Originally Posted by CEPA member here shipped me some AC/DC 7018, asked if I would run a side bend test to see the results. Far as I know this rod has never seen the inside of an oven. At the very end of the root pass the rod acted really funny, I could see the flux flaking off 3/4 to 1-inch above the puddle. Even with this rod being cold, it ran very nice, maybe the best 7018 I have ever run! Here are the pictures, most likely it will take two posts to get all the pictures up loaded.
Reply:Over the years I've ran many different 7018 brand rods. I always end up going back to Air Liquide blue shield 7018 or Esab OK 55 7018.JasonLincoln Idealarc 250 stick/tigThermal Dynamics Cutmaster 52Miller Bobcat 250Torchmate CNC tableThermal Arc Hefty 2Ironworkers Local 720
Reply:CEP, I don't know what camera you're using, and pardon me if this is too obvious to even mention, but does it have a macro mode? Setting the camera to macro will sometimes allow the camera to focus closer.
Reply:At the local chip board plants, there was a salesman here in the 90's that would pour oil in a deep ground out v and then weld it.He was showing it as "proof" the rod would weld through anything.Dave JDave J.Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance. ~George Bernard Shaw~ Syncro 350Invertec v250-sThermal Arc 161 and 300MM210DialarcTried being normal once, didn't take....I think it was a Tuesday.
Reply:Boy you got me! It is a Nikon Coolpix. I know how to open it, slide the cover to the right. I know how to switch from portrait to easy auto mode. I'll have to ask my granddaughter to figure it out. Otherwise I'll throw it against the wall like I did the last one.Don’t pay any attention to meI’m just a hobbyist!CarlDynasty 300V350-Pro w/pulseSG Spool gun1937 IdealArc-300PowerArc 200ST3 SA-200sVantage 400
Reply:Originally Posted by CEPBoy you got me! It is a Nikon Coolpix. I know how to open it, slide the cover to the right. I know how to switch from portrait to easy auto mode. I'll have to ask my granddaughter to figure it out. Otherwise I'll throw it against the wall like I did the last one.
Reply:This camera has a touch screen, which doesn't work most of the time. It's all I can do not to touch it with a hammer! But after reading your post, I noticed in the easy auto mode, if I move the camera closer to the object, the little icon in the upper left hand corner changes to flowers. But it has a very small window where the flowers will stay. I guess I need to play with it some. Oh I'm sure you could teach me lots of things, I'm always amazed at what I don't know!Don’t pay any attention to meI’m just a hobbyist!CarlDynasty 300V350-Pro w/pulseSG Spool gun1937 IdealArc-300PowerArc 200ST3 SA-200sVantage 400
Reply:Hey you taught me something! If I leave the camera in the easy auto mode, and wait until the flowers appear it does take a better close up picture than in portrait mode! Attached ImagesDon’t pay any attention to meI’m just a hobbyist!CarlDynasty 300V350-Pro w/pulseSG Spool gun1937 IdealArc-300PowerArc 200ST3 SA-200sVantage 400
Reply:@ CEP - MTA's Master Catalogue available at http://www.maintechllc.com/dnn/Porta...cs/CATALOG.pdf.  Your item listed on p.75. Note: pp 64-65 also of interest. MTA sure makes a wide variety of welding/cutting products. Go Michigan!"Discovery is to see what everybody else has seen, and to think what nobody else has thought" - Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
Reply:Originally Posted by CEPif I move the camera closer to the object, the little icon in the upper left hand corner changes to flowers. But it has a very small window where the flowers will stay.
Reply:When you put your root passes in the CWB plate, I see a lot of spatter where you stopped and restarted?JasonLincoln Idealarc 250 stick/tigThermal Dynamics Cutmaster 52Miller Bobcat 250Torchmate CNC tableThermal Arc Hefty 2Ironworkers Local 720
Reply:Looks like they are selling direct.Hey~!! It's a hobby. It's not supposed to make sense~!!
Reply:List prices are S78 - 3/32" $9.95, 1/8" $8.45, 5/32" $8.45But they have a new and improved maintenance rod the Addifix 260. It's supposed to have a higher quality metal.3/32" $6.95, 1/8" $6.57, 5/32" $6.44Since my salesman is no longer with the company, I am expecting a call from a new one. Those prices may come down. Those prices are per pound and must be purchased in ten pound increments. I paid close to the above pricing of the S78, for the S78, a long time ago. I don't remember exactly, but I know it was outrageous. But again, I could weld with this rod at the time. And my rep only sold in 50 pound increments. I'll update the prices when I hear from the new rep."Where's Stick man????????" - 7A749"SHHHHHH!! I sent him over to snag that MIC-4 while tbone wasn't looking!" - duaneb55"I have bought a few of Tbone's things unlike Stick-Man who helps himself" - TozziWelding"Stick-man"
Reply:Originally Posted by Stick-manList prices are S78 - 3/32" $9.95, 1/8" $8.45, 5/32" $8.45[..]new and improved maintenance rod the Addifix 260. It's supposed to have a higher quality metal.3/32" $6.95, 1/8" $6.57, 5/32" $6.44[...]Those prices are per pound and must be purchased in ten pound increments. .
Reply:Originally Posted by snoeproeWhen you put your root passes in the CWB plate, I see a lot of spatter where you stopped and restarted?
Reply:Originally Posted by RaulVery expence-o-licious
Reply:So CEP, would you spend the money to buy these rods? Or would you just stick with the $2.00/lb. regular old 7018?"Where's Stick man????????" - 7A749"SHHHHHH!! I sent him over to snag that MIC-4 while tbone wasn't looking!" - duaneb55"I have bought a few of Tbone's things unlike Stick-Man who helps himself" - TozziWelding"Stick-man"
Reply:No I wouldn't, I'm really happy with ESAB's Atom Arc 7018, and just got some ESAB Acclaim so far very happy with it!Don’t pay any attention to meI’m just a hobbyist!CarlDynasty 300V350-Pro w/pulseSG Spool gun1937 IdealArc-300PowerArc 200ST3 SA-200sVantage 400