On Sat, 31 Mar 2012 13:22:57 -0500, Ignoramus20530
wrote:

On 2012-03-31, Larry Jaques wrote:
On Sat, 31 Mar 2012 08:50:13 -0500, Ignoramus20530
wrote:

On 2012-03-31, Larry Jaques wrote:
On Sat, 31 Mar 2012 08:19:54 -0500, Ignoramus20530
wrote:

On 2012-03-31, ATP wrote:
I have some heavy steel beams I'd like to cut for easier transport. I'd be
cutting through about 24 lineal inches of 3/8 to 1/2 inch thick steel. Would
that be a long job using a lot of consumables for an Idealarc 250 stick
welder? I don't have an Oxyacetylene setup or a plasma cutter.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.


It will work with wet 6011 rod, dip it in BUCKET often

OK, I'll bite. How do you _cut_ with welding rod?
I thought carbon rods were used for that. (arc gouging)


Wet 6010 gives off so much gas and steam that it blows molten steel
away.

OK. Is it quicker and cleaner (yeah, right) than diamond or abrasive
wheels in a saw or angle grinder?

I've never cut anything nearly that thick nor large.


It leaves a very disgusting, jagged edge. But it works.

You'd want to use the angle grinder to clean up the edges so you don't
rip yourself to shreds afterward, I reckon.

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