Recent content by propane1

Some pictures sideways again. Jumpins. Noel

Truck all back together. Turned out not to bad. That will keep it useable for another few years. Put it to work with a load of wood. Settle the box in. Hehe. Noel

Thanks for your reply’s members. Noel

Axeman, I have a AC stick welder, which is what I was useing. The rod holder would be positive and ground clamp would be negative ? Would that be correct ? Noel

Some more done. All painted. Now to undercoat the truck then the box. And put it back together. Noel

Have to be careful for sure. My father was fixing up 64 Chev half ton in 1974 or so. Welding in floor patches. Useing Torches. Went in for supper, came back out, truck on fire. Ruined truck. Thank fully it was not in garage. Noel

SIO. It was 3/64th. Noel

A bit more done today. I’m gunna try a butt weld. Never did this before. So. Could be nasty. Noel

Some more done. Most of the hard part. Noel

Did more work on it today. But results are not good. I have welding troubles. Any way finally got a patch in. Will see how things go tomorrow. Noel

Ok. Welding with stick as compared to mig. ????? Made a patch for my truck box today. Tried to weld it in. Used 6013 1/16 rods. At about 40 amps. Stick welder. Cleaned all metal before welding. Both sides, If I could get at it. Welds would snap after a little bit and not hold. Redid most of...

A little more rust. But I knew it was there. Under the gas vapour thing. Used 6013 rods again. Undercoated the area and replace vapour thing. Truck is ready basically. On to the box next week. That’s not gunna be so easy. Will undercoat the whole frame and box, just before I put the box back on...

Thanks guys, interesting. These were expensive to buy at the time. Noel

Bought these years ago. Sold by the pound. So no package to tell you anything. No markings on them. Fella said very easy for any body to use. For people like me with no training and don’t weld much. Plus for rusty metal. Fella said they call them idiot rods. Fits me well. Hehe. Any way any body...

Jumpins. Pictures sideways. Oh well don’t matter I guess. Noel