Greetings All, I am currently teaching a friend how to stick weld. This is kinda tough since I hardly ever stick weld anymore, I prefer TIG and MIG. I started him off with 6011 rod. It's been so long since I ran 6010 I don't know if it runs much different than 6011. Is there much difference? Do I need to buy a bunch of 6010? I started him off just running beads flat. He is now able to consistently weld straight beads on the flat of the proper width, penetration, and height. Now he is welding fillet welds. Even though his welds look good there is not as much penetration in the vertical plate as there is in the horizontal plate. From the external view the bead is divided equally between the vertical and the horizontal plate. The plate is 1/4" thick mild steel and the rod is 1/8" 6011. The horizontal plate shows about 1/8" penetration but the vertical plate shows about 1/16" to 3/32" penetration. Is this correct? If not, what can be done to correct the situation? I'm not doing much better than he is so I need to know what I'm doing wrong so I can show him the correct way. BTW, I'm not charging him anything so he can't ask for a refund if I can't teach him how to make good welds. But he can give me crap for being a lousy teacher. Thanks, Eric
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14 years ago