I'll pick up some 6011 next week and let you know how it goes. I'm reluctant to try the 7018 as those few I had were literally impossible to use, and I hadn't ever got them wet. They'd been dry in the house for
8 or 9 years. Hopefully 6011 will just give me a little extra penetration on those fillet welds, and I can save the 6013 for sheet metal.By the way, do any of you guys in the States use the simple oil-cooled welding transformers? When I was thinking about buying a welder I was looking at the air-cooled AC buzzboxes which Machine Mart sell here in the UK, and a wise old engineer (who sadly died recently) told me not to. He said that for a bit more I could get a second hand oil-cooled machine which would be a lot more robust, do 100% duty cycle and hold its value better. I got one and have always been very happy with it. I've not heard anyone here talking about them. Do you get them on your side of the Atlantic? Just curious...
Best wishes,
Chris