Arc Welding...Any Experts ?

[Soutpeel]

Thanks for answer, I looked at Halfords and they do packs of 10 for 3.99GBP but don't deliver outside the UK so I think that's a non starter. Just to add to my frustration the guy who loaned me the welder found one 1.6mm electrode in his garage but cannot remember where he bought them from. I did try it on the sheet metal I'm using for my project and it was perfect - nice bead, good penetration and no blow holes at 35amps (got a bit of a sparkler effect because coating was old and probably damp - no oven ). I tried the 2.6mm electrodes and with me not being a pro welder I found it very easy to blow a hole.

As an alternative, if your working sheet metal, can you use pop rivets ? would be far easier

[sysardman]

Anyone find rods less than 2.6mm,

1.6mm would be ideal.

You dont get a 1.6mm SMAW eletrode smallest two sizes are 2.5mm and 3.2 mm

You would have to be getting into GMAW or GTAW type wires for very small diameter

Just been reading these posts and am in the same position i.e needing 1.6mm coated arc welding rods. Was confused by Soutpeel, are you just saying cannot get in Thailand? back in England can walk in to any welding supplies and buy 1.6mm rods (even Halfords stock them). Anyway if anybody has sourced them in the Chiang Mai area would be grateful for info.

PS please don't say MIG, TIG, Gas etc, I'm just doing a small job and my neighbour has offered a small arc welder - beggars cannot be choosers

As it appears that 1.6mm welding rods are the proverbial 'rocking horse s**t' in Thailand, can anybody recommend a good sheet metal supplier in Chiang Mai that stocks 2.5mm or 3.00mm sheeting.

[steve187]

i know this is an old thread, but found it after a search for 1.6mm rods, would this item have made it easy for the op, - https://www.lazada.co.th/products/weldmaxx-rx-60-16-2-i145407629-s168070522.html

[grollies]

On 2/6/2012 at 4:07 PM, Soutpeel said:

Easy...

Using 1.2mm box steel with the small rods...2.6mm and on 35 amps.

Your electrodes are too big....the smallest rod you can get is 1.6mm and you are trying to weld 1.2mm NWT...

SMAW (stick) doesnt lend itself very well to thin wall, hence the reason you are burning through/birdshitting even at relatively low amps...

for thin wall....MIG/MAG (GMAW) or Tig (GTAW) are the preferred but as someone else mentioned Oxyacetylene would also work

If you can tell me where to get 1.6mm rods I'd be eternally grateful.

 

Until then its dab-a-dab-a-dabadoo like others have said.

 

Just read above posts, forget it.

 

And the thread is 6 years old!

Edited December 15, 2018 by grollies

[BritManToo]

double post

Edited September 2, 2020 by BritManToo

[BritManToo]

On 12/15/2018 at 5:45 PM, grollies said:

If you can tell me where to get 1.6mm rods I'd be eternally grateful.

 

Until then its dab-a-dab-a-dabadoo like others have said.

 

Just read above posts, forget it.

 

And the thread is 6 years old!

1.6mm welding rods, 440bht/box, free delivery

https://www.lazada.co.th/products/yawata-51-ft51-16-x-250-mm-2-i334748529-s648814763.html

[Rimmer]

Eight year old topic

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