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Nov 14, 2016 | 03:46 PM

DR Smith

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welding tip

My project has a chevy front clip and the weld came out of a bubble gume machine , Yesterday i cut and ground out a lot of old weld and made plates to connect the frames , Now I am not a great welder , but I thought I would give it a try . My stepson had given me some Certanium 701 welding rod, he told me I should try it . Ok I am totally impressed , this stuff works . Vertical, horizontal , upside down , no problem . It's like I just learned how to weld . It goes through rust , grease , paint and leaves a nice bead . Only problem is price , $10 a pound , anyone know where I can get a deal ? Started reading about their other rods seems like a lot of good stuff . Anyone using this rod ?

Nov 14, 2016 | 04:00 PM

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$10 a lb is pretty cheap for quality rod, non-Chinese junk

Did you take any pics of the goobers?

Nov 14, 2016 | 04:35 PM

DR Smith

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no pictures , maybe I can still get some .

Nov 14, 2016 | 05:17 PM

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Sounds like some rod I need to have!! Although I don't do much stick welding these days, I love my wire feed.

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Nov 14, 2016 | 06:42 PM

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Read somewhere (AWS) that it is equivalent to a 6011 rod.

Nov 14, 2016 | 09:16 PM

DR Smith

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I tried a 6011 rod on the same part , there was no comparison . What I read is they don't make their rods to AWS standards , small company's making rod come up with their own formulas . I found some interesting information on a number of different rods they make .If you Google it there are a lot of positive feed back .

Nov 14, 2016 | 11:02 PM

Oldb

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For frame work Id feel better if it said 7018. Does the web site give the tensile strength of that rod?

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Nov 15, 2016 | 08:23 AM

DR Smith

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I do not have the answers you want , if you google it there are sites that give you that information . there are a lot of responses telling what it can be used for , I am not a welder and would like someone with experience to tell what they know about this rod .