Pin and welds with a stick welder

[unclemoak]

I get asked a lot of questions about pin and welds, so today I taught myself to stick weld and the results weren't half bad. These was part of a how to video I'm doing on pin and welds to show the results from various types of welders.

These are my typical tig pin and welds.

 

[BullGear]

If it were me I'd pay to have the Tig weld done. It does less damage to the surrounding metal and in my opinion looks much better.

 

[black max]

If it were me I'd pay to have the Tig weld done. It does less damage to the surrounding metal and in my opinion looks much better.

Less heat is soaked into the barrel as well.

 

[hukset402]

I think a stick welder would be my last choice. Heat affected zone is way bigger than I would want on a barrel. To much spater no matter what rod your using. Definetly a TIG job.

 

[unclemoak]

I think a stick welder would be my last choice. Heat affected zone is way bigger than I would want on a barrel. To much spater no matter what rod your using. Definetly a TIG job.

I would agree. I’ve done something like 350+ pin and welds this year with my tig.

Since people ask, I was curious enough to try and see how well it would turn out with a stick welder.

 

[hukset402]

In that case. That came out way better than I would have predicted. What rod did you use? Looks like a 6010 or 6011?

 

[Memberberries]

6010 would have a ton of splatter, 6011 would be better but 6013 would be even better. 7018 might be the best though

 

[hukset402]

A small 7018 would end up pretty clean.

 

[unclemoak]

6010 would have a ton of splatter, 6011 would be better but 6013 would be even better. 7018 might be the best though

This was 1/16” 6011. I tried it on a whim because I’d seen a few comments about it being easy to strike and arc with.

Honestly, yesterday was the first time I’ve ever stick welded, so I’d call that relatively successful.

 

[Memberberries]

This was 1/16” 6011. I tried it on a whim because I’d seen a few comments about it being easy to strike and arc with.

Honestly, yesterday was the first time I’ve ever stick welded, so I’d call that relatively successful.

6011 is a really forgiving rod to use because it is easy to strike an arc with. I'd recommend welding a little with the rod on a separate plate to get it burnt in a little before using it to tack, as that's all your really trying to do when pin and weld. 6013 is designed to have less penetration(burn colder) than 6011 so personally I would prefer it for something like this but 7018 penetrates even less so if you were going to buy rods for this purpose, might as well be 7018.

 

[unclemoak]

Here’s the final video.

 

[BullGear]

Here’s the final video.

Why does that come up as an age restricted video?

 

[unclemoak]

Why does that come up as an age restricted video?

For whatever reason, YouTube made me age restricted the video

 

[BullGear]

For whatever reason, YouTube made me age restricted the video

That's weird.

 

[claybrich]

I have welded a few pin jobs, and I always grab my tig welder. I tip my hat for even trying stick.

 

[TxWelder35]

Professional Welder here....step away from the stick welder...

That’s tig job all day, and I’m a pro with a stick welder