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Do any of you bother preheating your 6013 rods?
I seem to find the second half of a rod welds better that the first half and had put it down to the rod warming up - but it could also be that it is just shorter so I have more control over it.
^^^This^^^^Unless you store your rods in a rod oven, this works well for a stable ark. Preheating thicker weldments help. Rod sticking is operator error from too low amp setting and lack of arc gap control. 7018 is common to have a glazed over tip. Keep on practicing and try heating up your rods.