Well I don't think it the rods because I took some back to school and they ran great and the slag popped right off, btw I ra them on dcep.

Ok thanks coldman, I will keep trying to get some pics uploaded and try some larger rods. Again thanks for your help.

Ok I give up on the pictures lol.

I got the rods towards the end of the summer and opened them up to try them and couldn't weld with them because I had about 5min of stick welding time with no training, just going from what I learned from jodys videos. Anyways I thought they were do only so I took them to school where there's a dc w...

Ok when I give 120amps it runs a little better but the rod basically melts right out of the stinger! And I know this is probably a dumb question but how do I know if its in jpg format lol, for a 16yo I should probably know this kinda stuff haha.

Ok, I would try 110 amps but the Lincoln only goes up by 15amp incremants so the next closest amp setting is 120. I was welding a big solid 3x4" block and they did start to run better when it heated up. Can anyone tell me how to post pics on here I tried posting one and it said it was a invalid...

I tried running them on 90 amps but it was almost impossible to get and arc started. I will post a pic of the rods and a weld. Will have to go make one, I covered my t joint ones with 7014 because they look better.

Ok, they are 3/32 and I ran them on 105amps. I tried running them today on a flat t joint and they really ran like crap, flipped it to vertical and did vertical up and they seemed ok. Are they ment to run vertical up or what, might have to try a small box of 7018ac to see how they run.

Hey guys a friend of mine gave me some Lincoln code arc 7018mr's and all I have is a Lincoln tombstone 225ac. My question is are these rods ac compatable because I was burning them, and they seemed to burn ok kinda hard to get an arc lit and keeping it lit but once they lit the seemed pretty decent....

Ok thanks guys, I was just wondering why my vertical down beads looked so much better than flat.

Hello every one, I have a question about 7014 I can run a good looking vertical down beads that the ripples are tight to each other and it just looks good, but when I try and run flat the bead the ripples are kinda undefined and the just don't look like vertical beads :?: , any help would be appreci...

Ok thanks braehill I figured It had something to do with dc, but I figured I would ask.

Hey guys I had the chance to run some 6010++++'s in school and they ran great. I only have a Lincoln tombstone so I use 6011's and the 6010++++ seemed to run way better. The arc seemed smoother and just all around better. So my question is, is it because I was running them on DCEP and not ac or are ...

Wow thanks for such a fast response, and I didn't think it would but figured I'd ask just to be sure. Thanks again.

Hey guys I have a really kind of dumb question, but can you hurt anything if you have the ground clamps from seperate machines on the same workpiece when welding with the other machine. For example I have a Lincoln ac buzz box and a flux cored mig, if I have the grounds to both machines on the work ...