I ran across these while looking through Ebay. For home hobby type work, I'm wondering how they stack up considering how inexpensive they are. 55lbs of 1/8" 7018 comes out to only $1.41/lb. Seems they are based out of Florida, any Florida guys tried these out?
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I'm guessing that they will be very low end. 7018 are not general purpose and also marketed for low alloy steel not mild steel. So their ad is a little off already.
Yea I don't expect them to be Lincoln Excalibur's, but compared to some stuff I've gotten from the LWS ("Best Welds", "Anchor", etc) I don't see how it can be any worse. I guess it all depends on what expectations one has. If you have low-standards, everything seems superb! 
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more like billions! lol
I might order a small batch just to see how they run. It's funny how you can order India/China stick electrodes shipped to your door cheaper than driving to the LWS, for probably the same electrodes made in the same places in India/China, lol.
I might order a small batch just to see how they run. It's funny how you can order India/China stick electrodes shipped to your door cheaper than driving to the LWS, for probably the same electrodes made in the same places in India/China, lol.