Subject: Re: Novice welding

From: [email-masked] (Steve Rayner)
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1996 04:22:22 GMT

When I took my welding course way back in the stone age, we called this a 
" Drag rod ".

In a previous article, [email-masked] (ErnieLeim) says:

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>  Paul Richer- [email-masked] asked about contact rod :
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>
>Contact rod is the term used for all modern stick welding rod where the
>flux on the outside of the rod burns back slower than the filler metal
>core.
>This allows you to literally drag the rod across the surface of the metal
>with the flux edge maintaining the proper standoff distance for the arc.
>Most industrial stick welding rod is produced in this type since it allows
>much easier welds by less skilled welders.
>In the industry it is often referred to as jet rod.
>It works really well. 
>The reason why all rod isn't contact rod is because so much of the old
>stuff was made that it will take quite a while to use it all up. 
>Eventually all rod will be contact rod, but till then just make sure you
>ask for it when buying new rods.
>
>Best of luck
>
>
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From: David Smith <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 96 21:06:00 -0500

Perhaps your amperage is too low. Try cleaning up contact points, use a
higher setting, ect. or a thinner rod.