1. Whatever electric welder you use, it should be powered from 220V,
like a clothes dryer or water heater.
2. I recommend 6011 stick electrodes, 1/8" diameter which have greater
penetration than 6013.
3. Practice on some 1/8" thick bed frame material first. 100-130 amps.
4. You will probably run out of oxy or fuel and only get the metal hot
enough to burn skin with the gas unit.

On Sun, 28 Dec 2008 06:17:48 -0800 (PST), redalpha
wrote:

I am just a weekend welder and I can not seem to make my welds stick
to these spikes. I have a low end stick welder unit I bough for 150.00
from Northern Tool. Any ideas?

Also I have a "Bensomatic" oxy torch for heating rebar to bend and
form and Was thinking about using it to try to gas weld these
spikes... would that be better?

Thanks for the help