How To Make Welding Rod At Home. After that weld with your new homemade rods and take pride in your clean welds. Wear safety glasses and ventilate the welding area metal oxides and fumes are deadly.
With 332 and 18 size rods on hand the 6011 will get the majority of your jobs done. After turning on the gases and lighting them they must be adjusted for the correct flame to weld properly. Now I may have simplified that a bit because there are a few more steps on how to weld using oxy acetylene.
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Be sure to feed the welding. After that weld with your new homemade rods and take pride in your clean welds. Try copper coated carbon electrodes to concentrate the heat into a small very hot nugget. The best all-around welding rod would be the 6011 especially for the DIYer and hobbyist.