Anybody have experience with single-carbon-arc welding on steel?
I gather it was the first arc welding process developed and very
quickly replaced, but would like to know if it has a place in
"hobby" welding, where quality of weld matters, as does cost,
but speed isn't so important. Seems to me it should resemble
O/A welding with a reducing flame. Stick welding never much
appealed to me, especially in small work, because the heat and
filler can't be controlled separately.

thanks for reading,

bob prohaska