Electrode Newbie Questions

[gaz1]

Exactly. Dare say my welding would improve if Lincoln Electric sent me a £2000 welder

Lincoln....if your reading this PM me for address, and can i have a Viking 3350 too please ! Same for Lewis, cheers

get an oil welder then you will see the difference yourself without the price tag

 

[Memmeddu]

Hey Lewis. Few tolks on here have recommended a book called The Science and Practice of Welding, Volume 2, The practice of Welding. The author is A C Davies

I picked up a second hand copy for £2.50 delivered off ebay.

Quite a bit in there I'll never need to know as a hobby welder, but reckon the chapter on stick welding worth the price i paid

Youtube handy too but on there its sorting good from the bad

Couple of videos by Steve Bleile worth a look i reckon.

Thing i dislike about welding vids on Youtube is you rarely see one that isnt American. Which usually means sponsor name dropping by the big welding channels or guys with all the gear and no idea talking complete rubbish

There are three only channel worth to watch when we talk about welding
Weld.com
Welding tricks and tips
ChuckE2009 (inactive now but has some good contents)

I've seen video that makes me feel bad because the hudge amount of wrong things sayd

About Steve Blaile I watched all the videos where he appears

 

[Memmeddu]

get an oil welder then you will see the difference yourself without the price tag

Maybe an engine driven is better

 

[SteScouse]

Weld.com & welding tips n tricks ok but heavy on sponsorship n name dropping. Great arc shots but very little project work. Weld tube ok but still name drops.

Chuckie? Nah, sorry. His very early stuff ok. Then came a spell of thinly disguised adverts. Now he seems decidedly grumpy and some of his views are not good IMO.

I like Roostercreations but its sculpture only from what I've seen. Still very talented. And SV Rusty Junk is a BIG project lol

 

[Memmeddu]

Weld.com & welding tips n tricks ok but heavy on sponsorship n name dropping. Great arc shots but very little project work. Weld tube ok but still name drops.

Chuckie? Nah, sorry. His very early stuff ok. Then came a spell of thinly disguised adverts. Now he seems decidedly grumpy and some of his views are not good IMO.

I like Roostercreations but its sculpture only from what I've seen. Still very talented. And SV Rusty Junk is a BIG project lol

Yes i agree with you
ChuckE was a good channel until he started posting videos about politics etc
I used to watch his channel just because I like welding and tractors
I use to watch again and again the educational playlists