Cheers guys thanks for all your help

Oh it’s actually 2mm I have. I guess if they won’t go into the new machine I’ll just have to use them all up before I get it

Thanks for all your help, I do have a question about the welder I posted before. It says for stick welding it uses electrodes 2.5-4mm does that mean it won’t take the 2.3mm electrodes I have?

I was thinking of getting this as my next machine so I can learn each welding type.
Thoughts?
https://unimig.com.au/product/razor-mul ... ck-welder/

There is a manual but it doesn’t seem like I can upload it to this forum, I think it just covers all there models from memory the manual is pretty useless Is it possible that a machine can do general purpose electrodes easily but can’t do low hydrogen? Also what would you recommend for fixing the ja...

Here is the front, it has 4 settings for current, to switch between MMA and mig the the metal switch at the top

Hey thanks for your reply, I opened the packet yesterday and they were vacuum sealed. Currently I’m not trying to weld on the jack hammer just trying a flat piece of scrap steel to practice on. So I just used a 6013 to make sure everything was working and I burnt through that rod. Tried a 7016 again...

Hey all I have recently started to teach myself welding, I've been doing a bit of mig and also stick welding. My current project is fixing a spade for my jack hammer so I thought I would use a low hyrodgen electrodes so its stronger, however I just cant get the arc to strike with them. With the gene...