[admin]

When I visited Tulsa Welding School (Jacksonville FL campus) I learned they start off welders padding beads with 7018.
most schools seem to use 6013.
I think that might be pretty smart for schools to go ahead and start with 7018.

http://www.weldingtipsandtricks.com/7018-pads.html

[snowman]

It's great you have 30 years in the Biz and you are still trying to grow and learn! Doing it right! Never plateau!

[Superiorwelding]

Jody,
That does make sense, practice with what they will use instead of the 6013. I need to pad some beads again, its been a while since I have done that with SMAW.
-Jonathan

[GWD]

Thanks for occasionally showing a basic welding video.

For us non-technical and farm guys it is a pleasure to watch a master at work. And there is no attempt to cover up an occasional miscue. It lets us know that our efforts are not so out-of-whack as we sometimes think they are.

Very impressive.

[Otto Nobedder]

GWD,

That's a teacher! Someone who will show you what went wrong and why is more valuable than the guy who edits out his own mistakes.

I love to post my successes, but in this commumity, I'm comfortable sharing my failures as well. No one here will mock or laugh, but rather study and learn.

Steve S