cellulose rods don't seam to be all that popular. there is not many available.TraditionalToolworks wrote:That kind of surprises me, I didn't think 6010/6011 was popular at all Down Under.tweake wrote:however i do more repairs than anything and 6011 comes in real handy for dealing with contaminated crap.
I was actually pretty surprised to see Coldman's comments, most folks Down Under seem to like 6013, could be your most popular rod of all down there from what I have been able to tell.
In America it seems 7018 is the rod of choice. Not exactly sure why, it can be a bit tricky to start, but mainly I guess it's because it's used on structural welding most often. I don't see too many people using 7016, although some of us use 7014 or 7024. What a difference a locale makes, heh?
but then again for a maintenance rod it seams to be popular. i guess industry uses far more rods than maintenance guys do.
one of the sales guys said he was rather sick of people asking for 6011 and 6013.
6013 is called "general purpose" as thats exactly what it gets used for.
7018 i have not run yet. one of these days.
i think the use of 7016 tends to come from japan(?). i think its due to the type of pipe they use and the applications. 7016 root, 7018 fill.
7014 is a bit of an odd one. never heard of it used locally.
thats the beauty of stick, its easy enough to have a wide selection of rods for different applications.