The 6011 came in. It didn't really do it right for me. I acknowledge that Gunner and Ignoramus were right and that 70 amps is not enough. It only really starts the arc easily with the 1/16" 6013. Must be a reason why
1/16" 6011 is not standard.Maybe the neighborhood shop gets to keep the rods that don't work for me. I'm still satisfied that I've got a good system to weld up the small arms targets that I bought it for. Just can't do much else. Works fine on small brackets welded to clean rebar.
There must be some kind of a "rule of thumb" that you select a welder that puts out max power equivalent to the max range of the electrodes-wire/electrode-chart. I learn the hard way.