A friend of mine is giving me a Lincoln "tombstone" arc welder that has been sitting in his garage for 15+ years (it needs the fan repaired). He also gave me several boxes of welding rod of the same vintage. I know the rod is sensitive to moisture. Is there a way to dry the rod out and use it, or should I scrap it. Would it be good for practicing (I'm a rookie weldor)? Thanks Mike M.
It depends a lot on exactly what rod you have and what climate you are in. The cellulose based rods are fine as long as they are not rusty, the lo-hydrogen rods would be junk if not stored properly. See if you can get some AWS spec numbers off any boxes, compare them to this list
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Bend a few rods from each box into a U. If the exposed wire is not rusty, then they are usually OK.
Any 7018 rods will have to be baked at around 300 degF for a few hours before using.
Just got a hold of a nice stick heater. It was a discarded (dirty :-) ) convection oven - table top model.
It has a timer. It has a temp setting. It has 2 layers of heaters and racks with trays for rods.
And it is in the shop and all mine !
Martin
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