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Re-thought my whole stance on stick welding after talking to a 30-year veteran at Local 290
Old dude told me he runs 6010 on everything except overhead, showed me a standing seam roof repair he did 12 years ago that still had zero leaks, and now I'm questioning why I've been babying my rods with fancy storage for so long.
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smith.anna4mo ago
Are we really acting like one good repair means you should ditch your rod oven? That's one dude's opinion, not a universal rule.
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dylan2654mo ago
Traded rods with a guy on a pipeline job once who left his 6010s sitting in a damp truck bed for a week and they ran smoother than my oven-baked ones. Makes you wonder how much of the "keep em dry" stuff is just habits old guys passed down without question. Maybe a critical weld on a pressure vessel gets the oven treatment, but for everyday stuff it might not matter as much as we think.
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