Welding rod oven?
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Merkava_4
Banned
The flux covered rods will absorb moisture if left out in the open air. Moisture in the rods will cause an erratic arc and compromise the ability of the flux to create a shielding gas. A rod oven is absolutely essential.
Aaahh. Makes sense now.
nissan_crawler
Well-known member
I have an old metal circular saw box that I put a seal on the lid of, and keep all my spools of welding wire in, with a 40 watt bulb plugged in. It keeps the wire from rusting up. I had a 30# spool of wire that rusted on me. I built this after that.
krusty the clown
Member Emeritus
i can't believe i've made it this far without one.........uh......we ARE talking about welding rods........right?
Benchloader
Well-known member
When I attended welding school each student had to fix up a galavanized trash can for our electrodes (rods). Re-inforced the bottom with a couple of cross braces, cut several small holes, then wired it up for 100 watt bulb under the bottom. Easily held 7-8 50lb containers for the various rod types we used. The tight fitting trash can lid and the constantly burning bulb kept the rods dry and usable.
E6010 followed by the Jet rod were my favs, hard surfacing rods were the key for shovel bucket teeth and plows......ahhhh.....the memories!!
Rods with damp flux produced dirty, ugly welds that wouldn't hold very well.
E6010 followed by the Jet rod were my favs, hard surfacing rods were the key for shovel bucket teeth and plows......ahhhh.....the memories!!
Rods with damp flux produced dirty, ugly welds that wouldn't hold very well.
eschoendorff
Well-known member
i can't believe i've made it this far without one.........uh......we ARE talking about welding rods........right?
Smartass...
Uncle Buck
Banned
Take an old fridge, add a 40 watt light that burns all the time then load the fridge full of boxes of welding rod. Now you have dry storage for your rods.