Why Do You Whip & Pause When Welding With A 6010 Rod?

There are all kinds of different electrodes when it comes to welding, but the 6010 rod requires a little different technique compared to other rods because of its fast freezing properties. Dr. Weldz is here to break down the best practices when running 6010 rods and dives into why you would want to whip and pause. If you have a question about welding and don't know where to go, drop it in the weld app and our community of welders will be there to help you out and you might even see your question in a future video.

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[wbaisjeff]

Great tutorial. Ahhh, the good old days. When using 6010, if your shins get warm you’re on fire.

[JonDingle]

I also use 6010 rods to burn holes at the ends of cracks to stop them propagating again and l use them occasionally to cut steel.

[cheperdz]

Started welding school yesterday and we’re going to be using the 6010 rods and they were talking about this technique and about the puddle. Had to see a visual of it and I get now, makes sense. Great video.

[philhugill]

Excellent Vid. single word was benifet to the wasted time. I liked the explanation at the start were you explained the number identification and its meaning. You really keep the viewer focused. Some other vids people get to the 3 minute mark and they haven't said a thing of value. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK...PAL !!!

[GRich]

Thanks for the "Welder Tip" at the end of the video. 😉

[jimkillen]

Yea i was told that about the water from a bud i use to work with at a power plant. I was not as good a welder especially with the 5p and my friend Harvey was a pipe line welder before he came to the plant . We usually used 7018 or what was called for . He helped me out on the 6010 root . We did not test with that . Our 6g test was tig root and then fill with the lo hi ..But i going to say we had some repairs where we used the 6010 root and the lo hi fill and cap ..Because we needed to get the unit back up . Never had a failure doing that . Thanks for the video

[petersipp]

I used to whip it. Found reducing amps means...I bump the sides. Use a small circular motion. This breaks the walls down. Of course, pointing the rod when the keyhole closes/opens. Works well. Yes, having a wet rag to wipe a new rod stops finger nailing.

[tommyobrien]

Huge amount of information in a relatively short video. Fantastic thanks for sharing your time and expertise

[gregkral]

fast freeze, great for pen and fill, but right arc length and amps can really put in good root consistent... but sometimes we gotta dig and fill.

[rotorhead]

I usually just run a drag on 6011 unless i really have problems with too much heat. I only run the whip when I am blowing holes in things, but then again, I'm just a hobbyist out in his shop, there's no inspector here other than the wife if its something for around the house.

[deandraeloewen]

Thank you so much for the video! Answered my question about if you absolutely have to whip 6010 when you’re not doing open roots 👍🏽

[TamaraCameron-cs]

This guy knows his shit. Take his advice

[strikerj]

I've been needing a tip like that at the end. Had some bad problems with 6010 flux messing me up not burning off evenly. It was throwing my heat direction off whack and erratic. I've seen guys that would shake the rod real fast as their welding but it doesn't work as great as it should.

[RichardSmith-mshh]

As I know it (not vast experience - 6010's frequently not even heard of here in the UK) sometimes the weld will not run stable with a 6010 and you have to "whip" to build up a well-formed regular-and-even bead. That coming from someone who always sets the welding machine to the weld and does a straight run wherever possible, which is most of the time. I offer this while not wanting to contradict your "take".

[nathanjones]

I like to wHip it. Thanks for a non-advert vid. <3

[jamesfatula]

I usually uses 6011 and 6013 as most common sticks to weld general purpose 6011 is more fast weld

[ypaulbrown]

hey Austin, looking fantastic great Brown

[MattPritchard]

Whip and pause will prevent undercut on fillet welds.

[jtoker]

On 6010, if you use them in the wrong polarity, what happens? Will it even strike off? I was told it would work in positive electrode, but I tried it out with my welder and it did weld up pretty good. Didn't do a bend test or anything, just practicing but I did it and couldn't really tell a difference. I did have a miller lunch box type welder that does tig as well, so maybe that helped?

[jaredhammonds]

Do you buy those turn tables or do you make them?