How to Make Welding Rods - Kevin Caron

From http://www.kevincaron.com - While working on a weathering steel (Corten) piece, sculptor Kevin Caron decided, rather than buying welding rod for weathering steel, he'd make some. Kevin shows how to make TIG welding rod from MIG welding wire.

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• welding
• steel
• mig
• welder
• tig welder
• welding tools
• tig weld
• metal work
• mig welder
• tig welding
• welder equipment
• welding equipment
• corten

[theflyinwop]

My father used to repair grilles and trim in the old days.He used to melt pieces of brken pot metal and form rods as thin as possible,cause that stuff melts fast.

And He used to weld aluminum with axcel/oxg,with some special flux he got from I hate to say it "France". Think it was hidden in the caves with the champanyne they hid from the Germans during WW2. But the can did open backwards though.I was just a kid when he did that,lost art now I guess.

Paisano

[kevincaron]

@theflyinwop Way cool!! I have been using cut off metal on this weathering steel piece I am working on. If the gap is too large I just grab a cut off and use that instead of rod.

Whatever works, works the best!

[2alejandro2008]

Thanks as always Kevin!

[kevincaron]

@2alejandro2008 Big Guy! Thanks for stopping by.

[Confederate84]

nifty little trick def good to know in a pinch

[kevincaron]

@Confederate84 Thanks, wait til you all see the next one!!!

[kevincaron]

@theflyinwop. Now you did it!!! I'm hungry!

[theflyinwop]

Hey Kevin,good idea,I used to wrap electrical tape to wiring in then old days when i worked on electrical on Ford any moons ago.

Learned it when working in Chinese Liquorish factory

Paisano