Thread: Stick welder questions

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.....Cool Chaz your on a roll ..... yep that'll work, 6013 root pass. clean it up & then run 7014 for a cover pass.
If your putting fish plates {diamond plate} on then; Grind the weld down smooth {don't overgrind} with the frame so the fish plate lays flat. No don't 'v' grove the fish plates or existing frame that's overkill without a doubt..... I'm not familar with 7014 but if the welding store recommened it it'll be great..... The numbers on the rod mean; the '70' is 70,000 pounds of tensil strength. The '1' is the possition {'1' being all possition, '2' is flat & horz.}, the '4' is the material that the coating is made out of. '4' I believe is an iron coating??? or is it still a low hydrogen rod as 7018 & 7016 is??? or both???.... {It must be similar to 7024 which they use in the ship yards a lot. On 7024 the slag just rolls up & off of your bead as you weld}. And remember not to weld fish plates on with ANY vert. welds. In other words the welds that hold the fish plates on will be at a 45 degree angle to the frame.
Woops forgot to talk about boxing the frame; I'd just cut the pieces to go just inside of the frame. And I wouldn't run 6013 & 7014 on this. Overkill again. Just one or the other. Just set the plate into the frame the width of the weld. A 1/4" or so. That's the way I'D do it.... You could also cut the boxing plates so you had a 'v' grove {at the top & bottom} to weld them in, but I wouldn't do this. Seems to me as if this is A LOT of extra, un-necessary work..... Good luck Bill