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So with this trenching bucket I'm building, I've run into a snag and I'm too ignorant about welding to devise the solution.
I'm stitching 1/8" material with a 7014 1/8" rod and will run the joints with a wire feeder once I get it. The 7014 does fine when the adjacent metal is 1/4" welded to the 1/8". But 1/8th to 1/8th...not so much.
The rod is probably to big for what I'm trying to do which is fill in a little less than 1/8" horizontal gap between the metals where the top of the bucket meets the back.
If I get to where the rod doesn't stick, it's too hot and burns through the gap. If I run 80 amps, the rod sticks and won't light.
So I'm either making a mistake using that rod to fill in the gap or it's too big or both of those reasons.
I tried 3/32 6013 at 70 amps and that's still too hot. 40 amps and it won't light.
Should I even be using a stick welder to fill in the gap or wait for me getting the mig?
I'm stitching 1/8" material with a 7014 1/8" rod and will run the joints with a wire feeder once I get it. The 7014 does fine when the adjacent metal is 1/4" welded to the 1/8". But 1/8th to 1/8th...not so much.
The rod is probably to big for what I'm trying to do which is fill in a little less than 1/8" horizontal gap between the metals where the top of the bucket meets the back.
If I get to where the rod doesn't stick, it's too hot and burns through the gap. If I run 80 amps, the rod sticks and won't light.
So I'm either making a mistake using that rod to fill in the gap or it's too big or both of those reasons.
I tried 3/32 6013 at 70 amps and that's still too hot. 40 amps and it won't light.
Should I even be using a stick welder to fill in the gap or wait for me getting the mig?