Stick Welding Basics: Full Tutorial

Tim you are so good! 😊

Can you use a brazing rod through a arc welder,

Tim, thanks for the best videos! My son and I are self teaching for home/hobbiest welding. We've learned SO much, and it's very appreciated. We started with an old Lincoln box thats was my grandfathers, but it died (at least it sounds like it) recently. For our needs a HF unit is perfect for us. Using your tips and techniques has really, really helped us. THANKS!!!

Thanks for the metric notes. (Although I'm also learning about imperial units)

I'm a intermediate welder at school and I use Stick welding gloves which are thicker and more heat resistant and a fixed shade 11-12 sugar scoop orange lens running 6010s and 6011s

I've found started used 7018 easier than unused 7018, one time I had an inch of the coating missing and started the rod no problem

Have you used a Miller Ramrod arc welder?

So this is my opinion. Tapping the stick and getting it to light is not easy for beginners i found as a beginner striking is similar to a match. What someone else said is to just be gentle, just be light and you will be fine!

These are all very helpful and informative! I haven't done any welding yet but I've watched a few of your videos so far so research how I should go about it and they're very clear and concise!

Thanks, when do I need to heated E7018 ?

Good evening

Am welder from Ghana I need job from you

So first time welding. Going to stick weld on my trailer. But the piece I’m going to weld onto the trailer frame is much thicker. What settings should I use and how will I know it’s to much or not enough. Using a 7018 stick. I’m guessing the large thickness is 3/16 to 1/4”

Tim would your classes be beneficial for me.

Phenomenal video !!!

Hi Tim I did my first welds today and thanks to your advice it went very well. I was welding a steel rail and the rod stuck a few times but I turned up the amps and it was sorted. Great fun it was thanks for your tutorial.

Thank you for this good informative video!

thanks a lot

Hello, I have two questions. I purchased a cheap arc welder on Amazon, for like $70.. the picture shows the grounding clamp going into the positive terminal. It came with J422 sticks.. I used the negative side and was able to get an arc but wondering if maybe it was a mistake in the picture or if I should be using the positive side..

Also, I'm trying to customize the size of some powder coated fencing panels I got from menards to put on my retaining wall.. just the cheaper vertical 36" by 48" panels. What is the best electroid to use for this type of material? Should I be completely removing the powder coating at the weld site? If so how wide? I was having A lot of trouble using the J422.. melted a hole. And had trouble maintaining an arc. Thank you.

Thank you for this video! Trying to weld and realising that I need to practice more.

Does it melt the 2 meltals together or is the rod have metal and that's what's melting it together?

Thanks very helpful I bought a welder to weld an exhaust this is what I needed to know

I just started practising when making saddlebag support for my bike. I rapidly tap the stick sideways expecting to just get a single flash. So my welding is like bz bz bz bz bz bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. That way I find how the electrode behaves while tapping instead of trying to get a good arc on the first tap and getting it stucked. I would recommend this method to the new guys because when you stick it 15 times in a row it gets frustating.

Any tips to weld a T tube (pipe frame)

Thanks 😅

Dude is out here teaching people welding courses for $39. You'll pay out your a** for going to school for that s***. There isn't enough legends like this

I found a Lincoln 225a stick welder in the trash and I been learning to weld with zero knowledge. So far I've been able to lay a nice bead but I haven't welded anything together. I'm on day 4

Thank you, i look forward to wstching more. An am much interested in you re course once i invest in some new tools!

so how safe is it to weld in a place with oil batteries gasoline and spary bottles like 2-3 meters away

I've found this channel invaluable, Greg's too; I thought I'd share my experience today, with 6011s and 7018s - first time I've ever used them, my wife picked some up in the city for me. We can only get 6013s here where I live. I bought my first cheap inverter set a week ago and have loved putting down welds and it's really coming along, did a nice butt joint earlier today and maybe a fillet tomorrow, and going over Tim's drills.
For the life of me I could not strike 6011s or 7018s (6013s were not a problem), maybe the odd spark but no arc. I really cranked the amps up, well exceeding the rod max, no joy. I tried everything I could find online, pristine metal, earth on the table, earth direct to the work, cleaned the stinger and rod end, polarity, high amps, low amps. Nada. Setting aside me being a novice, I was thinking dodgy rods? Dodgy inverter?
Anyhow we had a power outage that went on for a while so I decided to quit for the day. I turned off the box and grabbed the stinger connector and it fell right out of it's slot. It wasn't flopping about, but the locking twist- lug was not engaged. I can only assume that the 6013s could work with a much reduced current output but the other rods couldn't. I really hope that is the case because I'm itching to try the rods out. A bit of a gotcha because a loose inverter connector was never on my radar - bleeding obvious now!

How do I join your online courses

What would be best to weld a trailer gate ? Using expanded metal mesh

Hi Tim, I've been watching all your videos. They're fantastic. I've got a steel bumper to weld together. I was going to practice on a bunch of 3/16th" slabs that were donated to me. My question is - will that Deko you reviewed get the job done for 3/16th " @ 120v? and what stick would you use? I dont have a 240 outlet in my garage. Thanks.

Hi Tim , If I'm using house 110Volt/15Amps Breaker box with my Welding machine What is the Max Amps and Max Rod Diameter Can I set? , Also If I use 220V/30 Amps House , What is the Max Amps and Max Rod Diameter Can I set? ...Thanks

Good morning, Sir. My name is Joel from Brakpan in Gauteng, South Africa. Can I have your email address. I need to communicate with you privately. Your assistance will be greatly appreciated.

I’m in a welding level one class as a jr in high school and I’m wanting to go past the bar and learn as much as I can and this was very helpful

thank you so much for all the links!!! I want to get my friend all set up with welding stuff for his birthday, but I had no idea what was good quality on a budget vs just a bad product lol so this was so so helpful

Does Stick not use voltage at all?

Great Video! I just thought that it would have been nice to have a little bit more context with the kind of rods. I am by no means a proffesional, but a 6010 can be "maipulated" but with the 6013 you should try to be more stady as the rods are different in the way the slack builds up (and the quantity) (This was meant as: Thats how I understood it. Not as a: YOU HAVE TO DO IT LIKE THAT AND I AM RIGHT YOUR WRONG. so please if u disagree, tell me but dont be offended)

A year or so ago I bought, after a bit of online research & on the advice of a tradesman, a multi mode welder (does MIG, stick and can be set up for TIG) for just under a hundred bucks. I’ve done some MIG so far, and it’s been a lot of fun. But I’ve wanted to try stick, and not knowing one rod from another, it’s been confusing. Thankfully I came across this video, which will doubtless steer me toward more knowledge. Thank you for your time and talent. This is going to be fun.

In Canada n states, what type of welding is the most needed?

Thanks for the knowledge you share to us al over the world.. At least Im very thankfull! 😃👍//Emil Bengtsson🤪

Your videos are so helpful 👍

I have a e4303 rod did I fuck up? It's my first time ever welding

Great video Tim! 🔥 Thank you! 💯
I see the you touch the metal table were the clamp is connected while you weld and I have seen people welding grabbing the piece they want to weld and the electrode at the same time to have a more confortable experience. Can doing this shock you? Or what has to happen for it to shock you? I do not understand and would like to know before I start welding

Great video Kevin James 🤣

Thanks!

This shit sucks

Thanks soo much for your guidance 😊