Structural Welding 7018 | Backbone of America 

Salam 7018 qaynaq edan qaynakcinin saatlik emak haqisi neqededi ??? Ve iwciye ehdiyac varmi ????

You are the best, thank you for sharing.

Thank you so much brother.

I don't get it, I was under the impression-being new to this, that thick material-like 1/2" would require over 200A.

Thanks for watching

One of the main reasons it is so strong is because it burns slow and gives metal a chance to heat up. 90% of the time I used to see people make a ' bad ' ' weak ' weld is where they go too fast of don't pay any attention to heat transfer.

Pause and fill.

7018 is probably where the term "stick" welding came from. Have they came out with the Teflon tip (no stick) version yet ?

@@workonitm8 haha, yes

Indeed it is, but it one of those things you really have to try for yourself to really appreciate it.

Jose is definitely a top gun. Been knowing him since I started my career rig welding back in 2013.

For real, I hold the rod like a pencil...lol and still not as stable as this guy

You got this brother. 🫡🫡

Love this ❤

@@VantageWelding Why do people use 6010 rather than 6011 in industry?

Its not that hard you're kinda over exaggerated this

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You have to be a machine. I did a lot of one- handed MIG welding for many years. I think about it every time I see someone using two. Of course mig welding is different, you can go all over like scribbling with a pen and still make pretty weld. Stick welding you have to be a robot.

I promise it’s all the same.

Or just use both hands. What's wrong with it? Welding is not about looking cool. It's about laying down a good bead.

32 years of focusing on the production and research and development of manual arc welding machines, if you are interested, you can take a look at our products

men are being separated from their organic instincts and drivers and being sold an idea of living in a sardine can of a neighborhood and doing soulless computer work for mega corporations. its sad. can't even run an angle grinder in my neighborhood without neighbors being "disturbed" and 95% of men here don't even own an electric drill. they sit inside all day locked into the matrix 😷

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7 years in uni doing electronics then computer science. Great job, pays well, it not real work though. I grew up in a time where men built things. I keep a metalwork, woodwork and electronics workshop at home. I don’t think you can fully be a man if you do not create things. Its what makes us human.

@cszrwi for sure bro. I’m always thinking of things I can build. I don’t think I could live my life not building stuff. 🫡

Hey man. Thanks for the positivity. God knows I needed to hear something positive today. Thanks.

I know. I crack up every time I see that part. 😂😂😂

I came here just for that

Thank you. All it takes is a little practice. You got it man!

Thank you for the support

That’s cool brother

7018 is more forgiving if your amperage is right.

Sounds like one hell of a party. 😂💯💯

@@VantageWelding Ain't as good as i once was, but i'm as good once as i ever was....

@@duanehenicke6602 now that is my motto also....

🤣👍so true. When I was younger and shooting competitive pistol/rifle in the military, we called that (the12pk) "group tighteners"! 🍻🤣 The more you had, the better the groups. 🤷‍♂️

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That was great! Also got all that flame coming out, made it look so dramatic.

I believe you. My dad has 35 years in the game so I’ve hear some crazy stories.

Enjoy you’re retirement!!

Can you weld thick stuff with a low current machine? can you mig as well as stick that thick stuff (new to this)?

Thanks Buzz. Tell Woody I said what’s up.

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Nice 👍

Hope it's dry, my need to cook it.

This comments mean a lot brother. Thank you so much for dropping this comment and watching. 🫡🦾

Much respect man. When I worked at southwest shipyard in channelview those shipfitters were a different breed of animals. The way they used their torches ever so careful was amazing to me.

@@VantageWelding I'm a tanky to worked on a tank farm in Vernon ill. Worked on 5 crude oil tanks at the end of the pipe line. Build high pressure vessels at niles steel tank co. In niles Michigan. Got an L.A certification from California. They xray everything I've welded. What's bad about that is they make me fix people stuff they put in for the same amount of money. And there is no special pay for repair. That will make you mad.

@@gregfuzi1069 it’s all love man. Tank work is really hard on the buddy. Welding 1/6 wire all day and 7/32 lohy. Salute man. Not many can hang in that field.

Thank you for the support brother.

No problem keep up the good work it will pay off

If your heat is right, 7018 slag will curl on it's own without chipping. Makes me smile when I see that.

Hey man, thanks for dropping by. Good luck on your future bro. You’ll do great. Make every weld better than your last.

Thanks brother. I appreciate you dropping by and saying this. 🦾🫡

@@VantageWelding I'm a MASTER WELDER to the tacker,FITTERS don't respect us.

Keep on grinding buddy. There ain’t nothing to it but practice. You got this neo

Thank you bro n

7018s?

Thanks for watching brother.

Good looking welds are a sign of a strong weld too. No embedded slag or voids.

Thanks for watching.

Thanks brother. I met Jose on my first rig welding job back in 2013. At that time he already had some years under his belt. He’s a great worker. Not just a welder but a fabricator.

Beautiful country. Thanks for watching

Thanks brother.

Thanks for watching.

By the way this is not the first time you’ve seen my channel brother lol. I remember you commenting on one of my earlier videos. I believe it was the 316l stick one lol don’t forget to smash the like button and subscribe and share brother. Thanks for watching once again

I appreciate this comment. Thank you

Thank you boss. 💯💯

Thanks for watching.

@@VantageWelding sure thing. I’m poor. I’m Welding to make a better life. Can you really do a deep vid about terminating welds? How to handle that heat when it stops having someplace to go? Thanks for the great content, brother.

Thanks for watching brither

Certified hu? 😅🦾🤣

@@VantageWelding Yes sir, certified. Meaning I do a tube test coupon, in 6G position. Typically a 2" tube. 1/4" tacks (heli-arc) maximum. 12 o'clock is punch marked with your tacks at 12, 3, 6, 9. Your tacks are inspected by 5 contractor tips and 1 ins. co. rep. These 6 will inspect every portion of your weld. If any one of them says "Fail" you're done. Your coupon is then mounted In the 6G position and remains there until the welding is done. You complete the heli-arc gut, which is then inspected. Two up-hand E7018 filler passes, again inspected. Finally three up-hand cover passes and inspection. The coupon is then removed and after you stamp your cert # on it, 4 sample straps are cut (1:30, 3:30, 7:30 and10:30). You then clean them and return them to the inspectors. They each get bent U-shaped, with your weld in the center of the U. One gets a root bend. One gets a face bend. The remaining two get side bent. If nothing shows you are certified to be able to do a high pressure weld. Plate steel requires less. In an open butt 6G overhead. My construction site welds have been x-rayed, ultra sound inspected, dye penetration tested and even magnafluxed. In my career I've never failed a test or had a weld rejected.

this guy is straight out of the classroom isn't he

😂😂😂😂 probably not from the states. They take their certs really seriously else where.

Man I hear you on that bro. But to look at it on the bright side. A good chunk of the work force was unemployed, but we managed to stay busy. That’s a blessing all on it’s own. Stay up bro. And thanks for watching

Safety fine if you have the time, I was always to busy working.

That’s around the time my father started pipelining in Mexico. Thank you for watching. Don’t forget to like and subscribe share if you feel it’s good info. ThNks once again.

Thanks you brother. I respect my blue collar brothers heavy. The world wouldn’t be the same without those men. 🦾🦾

Ok

He’ll yeah budd. Thanks for watching.

Thanks boss man.

Good stuff

Thanks brother.

Some sort of Miller. I think Maxstar 210 or something like that. Yeah man. Gotta weld it all if you’re trying to stay busy.

Wise words friend. Thank you for that!!

Turn your CAPS LOCK off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks boss. Yes it’s per square inch. Sorry for that error. Lol

I once worked with a kid who was always talking about the tensile strength of rods we were using. I asking him, " so what's the big difference between 60,000 and 70,000?"

10,000? Lol

Thanks for the welds jose

@@VantageWelding YOU'RE WELCOME THANKS FOR SHARING BRO,

Thank you boss

Most definitely. I’m glad I can get my hands on any tool and or consumables where I work. But I’ve had a couple jobs were you had to work with what you got. Although a bit more complicated, those jobs teach you real skill.

Salute homie. Thanks for watching. Have a blessed ine

Sometimes brother. It works well as well. Leaves a different pattern. Thanks for dropping by. Salute from Houston Texas.

Saludos hermano. Gracias por tomarte el tiempo y visitar el canal. Saludos desde Houston.

Thanks brother.

@@VantageWelding np man. I'm a welder but self taught so I only know how it feels so I go through some rods sometimes till I get it right but thats time and time is money. I'm a helluva mig welder but I wanna understand arc welding more. My best friend was a welder and taught me what he could but he died last year so it's just me and RU-vid now. Idw sound like a bitch but sure would be cool if he was here now to answer all of my dumb questions that I still have.

Sorry for your loss brother. I’m here for your questions. Got a lot of ass time at my job at times so I can back to you pretty quick. Keep on grinding bud. You can do anything you set your mind to.

@@VantageWelding thanks bro much appreciated too! I subscribed to your channel so I'll definitely take u up on that offer I could definitely use a better understanding of ARC welding. I got these rods btw...they're MG500 and MG400 I've used them wver since I got my Miller 300 and I love the way they run so did my buddy Mark. We looked and looked all over for those same rods and can't find them anywhere online. We got them from work cause they nolonger used stick we were primarily mig with occasional tig. So I took them all home with me. They're not 6018 7018 none of that at all they're MG500 and MG400 I do believe I even have some MG200 But whatever they are they weld fantastic! I mean they literally weld for you you just hold the rod and they're strong almost dime stack weld too. Do you have any clue what they are or where to find them? I'm guessing it's some older company that no longer exists but I'm not sure at all.

Congrats man. That’s a good job to weld your ass off bro. Congrats

@@VantageWelding Thank you. I'll do my best.

How's it going?

@@alexgunner1882 I’m moving on to a place that does all MIG but this place does armoured cars and military vehicles. They pay much much better.

Thanks for watching. I am currently just using my iPhone X. Don’t really have any profesional equipment to record. Just record everything at 4K and 60fps and when I’m trying to record the puddle I lower the exposure on it. Thank you for the supports. Don’t forget to hit like and subscribe. Share if you feel it worthy and informative. Thank you once again

@@VantageWelding that’s awesome! I didn’t know you can record the arc shots with your iPhone. I went out and bought a GoPro without knowing I could use my iPhone 12 😭

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Thanks bro. I love Canada.

What part are you from?

@@VantageWelding Province of Quebec, small town north of Montreal.

@@krazykanux that’s really cool man. I’d like to go up there soon

Thanks Paul!!!!

No neck problems? I have arthritis in my wrists so I just put the hood down with my hand worried about retirement.

@@mrillis9259 pushing steel around for this long destroys your body...part of it. Get a good pillow, and a comfy mattress...you'll need a good night's sleep. I'm not saying it's doom and gloom, it keeps you active, no need to push iron in a gym when you do it at work all day. Good sleep and beer helps the pain...but that's just me.

Try pure CBD from one of the Oklahoma stores. When I was working out there l, my wrist was in so much pain from welding on the roll our wheel. Took a leap of faith and bought a tincture/vile which was pretty pricey. After the 3rd day, my pain went away and never came back

ark is a fictitious boat, arc is the proper terminology. (as a welder of 45 yrs)

@@krl9747 A fictitious and undoubtedly a very smelly boat.

I’ve seen unskilled welders pass X-ray and pass bend tests. But yes having a good machine and dry rods always helps

Europe pressure vessel code is TUV. Ours is ASME with section nine for welding. For qualifying my plant to sell into Ireland, thence to rest of Europe. ESAB mig wire and SA285 that had a TUV twin. We were second American to gain TUV approval. I was blessed with two terrific welders who I remember about 36 years later. Everything passed and $4,500 spent compared to an. Earlier effort that failed two years earlier - $45,000 used.

@@VantageWelding a stick test is very forgiving on X-ray and bend test tbh

Depends what’s code you’re testing for. If you’re testing for b31.3 severe and you’re getting xrayed, and welding small bore such as 2”, you can’t get away with anything to be honest. 1104 is really forgiving. And b31.1 and b31.3 is alright. B31.3 severe can be difficult at times

@@larselder874 yeah all mine is ASME also, being a union pipefitter

Grazie 👍

Thanks fornwatching

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Yes. A good example is when welding old to new. You give yourself more of an angle pointing towards the new piece focusing less heat input into the old.

@@VantageWelding what i meant was the welder in the video with the circumferential weld was not moving himself, yet he welded at least 1/3 of the circumstance which means the angle of the electrode changed during the process

He was definitely moving his wrist around the pipe. Ones body doesn’t have to move as long as your arm and wrist compensate for the correct rod angle.

@@VantageWelding 4:00 and 5:00 obviously different angles towards the bead . I've watched a few times and still seeing it .

@@radiononsense9449 he went from pulling to pushing on his rod

Yes that’s perfect. I hate when people say there’s only one way to weld. Whatever works for ones self, should be plenty. The circle motion I used often when I’d mig. Thanks for watching.

@@VantageWelding my teacher told us the only way to perfectly weld is to do little ovals but I ended up finding another way that worked but was easier for me

@@C4_43 there is no set technique bro. Ever welder is different. You just have to find what’s good for you. Peace

thanks brother

Lucky you - I have no "weld buddies", not even snowman friends here in south Florida. Darn.

Welding isn’t going anywhere. As far as jobs you have to start knocking on some doors. The Instagram welding community is actually pretty supportive and helpful. In this rough times it has been hard for everybody bro, but if you want to get in this industry buckle up. Cuz it can get bumpy. Ask the old timers around you bro. My suggestion to you is start school and kill it homie. 👍

I agree welding isn't going anywhere even with all the robotic welding it's much easier to send a welder to learn to program than to teach a programmer to weld

Actually a lot of old timers will be retiring, welding is not going away at all, quite the opposite from what I’ve read.

And the rods have a warning about uncontrollable muscles spasms, which is kinda ironic

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I mean he's elbows locked into his side. Pretty common technique lol

Pretty common but I don’t recommend it. Your wrist over time starts to deteriorate due to the weight in the stinger.

Me too. Thanks for watching?

Thank you Mr. Soflo. 🤝🤝🤝

La legend dice que cuando pasa eso es porque alguien te izo ojo. 😂😂

And the ojo is being pulled away from your self into the slag. Es brujería wei 🥴

@@VantageWelding 😂😂 ya entendí!

@@VantageWelding en que estado estás amigo?

Estoy localizado en Tejas carnalito.

welding uphill is slower, a 1/8" electrode would provide too much heat. it is appropriate to use a smaller electrode to avoid cooking the metal.

Yes sir. Certain applications might be ok. It wasn’t necessary in this instance. Ultimately you can run whatever you want as long as it’s within the welding procedure.

Thanks for the support boss man.

If we can do it, You can do it too brother. Thanks for watching.

Perfect explanation.

Thanks brother.

No doubt. Thank you for watching.

Of course y’all keep up the good work!

Thanks you for watching

Gracias carnalito.

Hey boss I appreciate you. Thanks a lot. And good luck on your journey. Never give uo

Awesome.

@@VantageWelding Thank you sir! Your videos can help to show the craft to the younger generation. They are our future! So we must encourage and show them both welding and torch "etiquette" My mentor is in his 80's and was a nuclear grade welder who helped build Grand Gulf power plant.

No brother. There is no rush when you work hourly.

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Thank you for watching.

If it came down to it, we definitely could brother. Salute from Houston, Texas brother. 🤝

@@VantageWelding as we say - BURN THE ARCH)) or COOK AND CLEAR)))

@@VantageWelding if interested to see. look how our welders are trying to cook with electrodes from the USA))) I will fix the link. You can look at the translation. but very interesting Russian channel. with interesting content. and there is something to compare.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hgGvJiohKv0.html

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It's not as complicated as it looks. It does however require a bit of practice. You can do it. Just set your mind to it

Thanks for the love brother

He’ll yeah hoss, my old mans got 50 years in the game and can still keep up with me. Wouldn’t doubt you not one bit. Thanks for dropping by. Have a blessed one

Thanks brother.