"redalpha" wrote in message
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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

You are a new welder, and have already learned one of the most basic lessons
in welding. That you get what you pay for. You could have bought a Lincoln
Tombstone used for what you want to do, and paid about the same or less.
Return the welder and get a real one.

Steve