Vertical Stick Welding - ESAB 7018 vs Hobart 7018 Cut & Etch | Welding Tips & Tricks  

Jody, as a new airline pilot of a regional that is now closing its doors (Express Jet) I want to say thank you for the work you and yours put into these videos. Your years of teaching the public with humility and direction do not go unnoticed. Your 4130 tutorials have been a go to aid for my own Super Cub fuselage build. Your store is outstanding resource as well. Thanks for the top shelf quality and devotion to your trade.............even when you yourself got the short end of the stick by the airlines. Kind Regards.

I love to hear someone as good as you say you are practicing, sometimes i just sit in the shop and weld, just to weld.

Hi Jody, have bought my first Tig welder a couple of months ago and am serving my own youtube apprenticeship. Your videos are extremely helpful and the photography is excellent and just this has taught me a lot about what it should look like when i weld. I really like how most of your videos are on real jobs not just two perfect plates stacked together or running a bead on a flat plate which I can do all day, but when it comes to the real deal its all a bit different. So thanks a lot mate from Australia. Love your work.

I share your Videos to my welding school Youngs so they can have a real world examples of Work in welding issues.

I love this kind of video - testing and comparing a couple of the thousands of different products out there. Thank you

I agree with some of of your subscribers. Your videos definitely has helped me pass my tests and helping on the job. Thank you!

Once " a boss always a boss" i can't think of anyone who has taught as many people about welding as you. Thanks

Mr jody i've been watching your videos for a long time and i'd just like to thank you for all you do. i owe all my welding ability to you

I enjoy all of your stick welding videos Jodi, thanks!

Another great video. I been welding for a long time. But after looking at this video I think I will set up a few practice plates and just practice some positions I haven’t done in a while.

Great video Jody! Nice to watch another one! Still building my Tig/Stick machine fund but we are about halfway there💪! Can’t wait!!! Be blessed my friend!!!

Thanks again for sharing with us. A lot of the things you have shared and taught us I have carried to the field.

Before I watched this video, I bought 4 pounds of ESAB 7018. Don’t think I’m in a lot of trouble with it, but I wish you had run a pass at the 5 to 10 Amps higher reading just to see the difference. Time will tell. Great video as usual, thanks for the effort.

Another couple of excellent 7018 LowHy's to give a go, are Murex Fortrex 7018, Elga P48, and Filarc 76S. All are excellent rods with excellent properties and real smooth deposition👌

Hey Jody, great video. Im about to start learning stick welding and i love watching your videos.

I’ve been welding commercially for 22 years now first as a union boilermaker and now for myself, but I try to use Hobart rod whenever I can. The best property I’ve found is the ease at which the slag is removed. It seems to be more of a thin glassy consistency and chips very effortlessly especially in tight corners where esab and Lincoln slag tends to stick like a bear.

Esab OK48 are hands down the best 7018 electrode on the market.Restarts very easily,anyone who's done much Lo-Hydrogen work knows how big a deal that is.

Solid skills mate. You're the man! 👍✌️⭐

Very Good work Sir! I have tried them all, but my personal preference are the ESAB ATOM ARC excellent electrode,especially when you are dealing with X rays and Phased array.

Thanks for sharing and all you do for this channel!! God bless

Up hill welding I'm not good at yet with stick watching your video on this I'll be doing practice welds thanks for your videos they help alot 👍.

I’ve used both . For some reason Hobart rods always run so much more consistently

nice work there Jody, I have used the Esab 7018 and it seems quite good, never had a chance to use the Hobart ,they also seem good.

makes it look easy, great video, thanks

Great video Jody thanks I've always preferred Hobart electrodes they produce much cleaner welds .

The better welder I get, the close my welds get Jodi's.

Hey Jody that was just a shake at our age it happens sometimes I worked with a great guy many years ago but everyone called him golden arm best welds I've ever seen

Nice clean perfect welds as always 👍😉

Thanks, Jody. Hobart Wins. Always a little variation between different brands.

Hey Jody awsome welds as always, can you please do more uphill vertical stick on beveled joints with backing strip.

Thanks Jody

You always make great videos an give great information. I buy the Hobart rods for the farm cause they're cheaper than my favorite Lincoln Excalibur. Very interesting.

I always learn something.

Good Stuff As Always Jody. Have you done a video on the differences between 6011 and 6013 yet? This would probably help a lot of people just getting into, or back into, Stick Welding, or SMAW as it is now known. Again, Thanks and Good Stuff

You the man Jody👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻

Thank you.

Here in Indonesia we use Nikko or Kobe Electrodes 💥😎👍

I love esab 3.20, 7018 i use 115, 120 amps depending of the machine

Good comparation

Great job Bro. I see Your video from Veracruz México im a combo Welder. Thanks for You experience and time. Nice welds

Spasibo !

Hey Jody, could you please make a video about the production procedure of your bracelet . Thanks

Hey Jody,, you are BIG master. What is the material of your bracelet ?! I love that.

I've always like Hobart rods. Make a good welder as well.

Very good sir

Hobart is my rod of choice right under the Lincoln Excalibur

Yes you may need to apply 130A

I've run a lot of Hobart , blue shield, some Lincoln but i use almost excursively ESAB now i find ti runs better and restarts better then the rest. Bonarc welds pretty good too.

Right on

I love Hobart lohy rods

Hey Jody , thanks for the videos , nice work on the dvds, what text book or handbook would you recommend for dual or mig settings, you mentioned it on one of your videos but forgot which one you mentioned it on

I like Hobart 7018 4HR. I find they are worth the extra 7 bucks for a 5 pound box over the Powerweld 7018-1 . One time I mistook a box of 5/32 for a box of 3/32. Man , did I have fun jettin' those bad boys ! I also like Hobart's 6011. My favorite 6011 has to be Lincoln 1/8 ,those with the brown cardboard pulp lookin' flux.They weld easy for a cellulosic rod. I was happy to see you posted today Jody. Thank you !

Jody another great video I’ve always gave you thumbs up in every video you are an amazing man amazing Wilder and I like how you educate us. I’ve been trying to get back into the website but for some reason I have lost my password and username my email still come through I wanted to order some stuff from you not very computer savvy anyway keep up the good work it’s a honour and a pleasure watching you thank you for you

Should add lincoln excalibur and the harbor freight vulcan just to show all sides of spectrum.

I LOVE HOBART 70-great-teen.

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How do you like that hood? I tried one and it was making me dizzy looking at anything past arm's length.

Hey Jody, Could you possibly make a video using your Lincoln AC225 (or if not on hand another transformer welder like your thunderbolt on AC) using 7018 ac in the vertical up position. I can get a regular 7018 on a dc machine at school pretty flat and even. At home, it seems like with my AC225, the weld doesn't come out as flat and even as the dc welds I would do at school. It seems more lumpy and droops more. Your arc shots really give me a good visual. I think a video on welding with an AC only buzz box in all positions would be really helpful to a lot of people. Many people have them instead of high end welders. Also could I get your opinion on the Lincoln AC/DC 225/125 welder. I have considered it for the dc, although it only puts out 125 amps. It seems like for 1/8 7018, I would need more amps on thicker material. Would a cheap dc inverter welder be a better investment. Although, the Lincoln Ac buzz box runs 7018 ac decently. Thanks for your videos. They are really helpful.

Jody have you ever made a video on mig welding brass?

Hobart are good if you never have to do restarts, they create perosity on bottom of pipe on restarts and has happened on sides as well. I would never use Hobart during a test or on an Qc’d weld. Excalabour or air liquide highly preferred.

More cast iron repair, please.

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What is the passivation solution you use for stainless? What you used to show the weld nuggets?

Newbie here, is there a video you can recommend that explains why you would use a particular rod, 7018, 6011, etc....

Jody, just a fart around home welder here, but I swear as I have listened to you repeat the same guidance over and over, it has eventually sunk in. I’ll never be a trade or certified welder in anything, but your teaching is very accessible. Question, I wondered if the esab was getting more heat than the Hobart because the heat from the Hobarts would be creeping up into the esab base metal and beads. Not sure how long things cooled off, but curious if the esab might have been benefitting and if compared side by side, the esab would need even more heat? Thanks again for all your upbeat and thoughtful instruction.

Was this the XLM Hobart or the regular one?

In my minds eye when i weld uphill i move up as fast as the slag moves down , if that makes sense at all

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Would you use AC on situation like this or do you think it would give shallower penetration?

I new to welding and have a question, on a 3 bead pass, could you run a bead on both left and right then fill in the middle??? is that wrong or any bad results by doing it that way???

Can I use dcep rods on dc

Do you still use your Miller multimatic 220 for any welding?

For farm stores Hobart wins against the Lincoln rods. Not the Excaliber, but the generic ac rods. Those suck!

Could you do this with 7016 please

On one job had to do a bunch of overhead work welding in reinforcing steel into a roof for penerrations, Superentendant wouldn't get anything other than Hobart, the fifth time I almost chucked that 50lbs can back at him and walk off the job. Most miserable 7018 I've ever run

Hobart is your best bet between the two; the flux burns off more even. Lincoln Excalibur is better than both -

From my experience the Esab rods quality have decreased majorly in last decade sadly :/ Pretty much old Esab rods were the best thing ever now? Somewhat avarage or on some lots below avarage dunno why but that's how I feel... Changed from Esab to other brands that welds better...

Hmm, strange goings on here for me, this video showed up on my RU-vid homepage, but not in my subscriptions feed. Actually un-subbed and re-subbed and it stayed the same, RU-vid's sure been acting up lately though, strange that they would try hiding a video with good educational content though.

Hobart 7018s are great the 6010s are meh

In the meantime, I am a little annoyed because I have neither received the shipment (Order # 62997) nor received any feedback from you. What's happening ? Even in times of Corona, it should be possible to answer my questions.

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Hey there Jody. I have sent you a couple of emails but haven't gotten a reply. Hope all is well. I will send another today. When you get a free moment can you reply with your mailing address? Thanks. Tom

the arc shots are getting ridiculous