On Friday, October 30, 2015 at 10:35:59 AM UTC-4, rangerssuck wrote:

So, has anyone tried this yet? I don't have a welder at my disposal, but this is extremely interesting.


Thanks for reminding me. I tried it using 1/8 6013 at 160 amps and some mower blades. I tacked two blades together with a slight gap and used a third mover blade across the welding rod to keep it from moving. Once it started it burned across the blade laying on top and then went out. Most of the deposited metal was on the blade on top. And the weld between the two blades was not very good.
The blade on top with the most deposit was not welded to the other two blades. The two blades were attached to each other, but then they were tacked together before I tried the weld procedure.


I expect they spent some time getting everything just right. Much easier to just do a regular weld.

Dan