DIY Welding Rods

DIY Welding Rod Solution: 12 grams of Silicon Dioxide 16 grams of Sodium Hydroxide 10 grams of Calcium Carbonate 30 ml of water (use more or less as necessary) (Enough to coat around 30 rods) Paper strips used are 36 inches in length and about 1/2 inch (or less) in width Hackett making his own Sodium Silicate based rods: https://makezine.com/projects/diy-welding-rod/ Patent for Sodium Silicate Electrode: https://patents.google.com/patent/US1301331 Multiple patents relating to the composition of materials in electrode coatings: http://www.freepatentsonline.com/3849189.html NurdRage Video on making Sodium Silicate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip-jDuM25FE List of materials used for electrode coating and why they are selected: https://weldknowledge.com/2015/08/25/stick-electrode-coating-ingredients/ https://weldknowledge.com/2016/06/23/things-you-must-know-about-smaw-electrode-coatings/ Variables that affect weld penetration: https://www.lincolnelectric.com/en-us/support/process-and-theory/pages/variables-weld-penetration.aspx What the numbers on welding rods mean: http://stickweld.com/electrode/what-do-those-numbers-on-your-welding-rod-mean/ Music: Twisted Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Help support me so I can make more videos: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SirSpunk paypal: [email protected] https://streamlabs.com/scicynicalgaming