1000 AMP STICK WELDING!! | Manually Welding with the Worlds Largest Electrode

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This is the World's largest stick electrode and today we're doing some manual stick welding with it! We're in Houston, TX today with the WeldTube Squad welding with some 3/4" Cor-Met F25 stick electrode. The rod is 4 feet long and weighs approximately 20 pounds. Add in the 40 pound stinger and you've got yourself a 60 pound, 1000 amp beast.

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Welddotcom

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seldian

My uncle, who literally welded his entire working career, told me that when he was welding in the ship yards during WW2, , that he was welding with 1 inch rod powered by two 600 amp pipeliners in parallel, , , on a scaffold, using a harness strapped across his chest, and that he had to literally lean into the rod because of the arc blow, he said that they were only allowed to weld 1 hour and off 2 hours because of the heat, , , with plenty of protection, he said they were using two #12 lenses stacked, and as I recall, he said that they were welding the armor plating on some of the NAVY ships.. he said they were using pulleys and ropes just to support the multi conductor welding cables and he said it took yet another man to help strike the arc, holding the rod mid point, till the welder had a steady arc and to hold the rod till it was about half burned . this is what he told me, , ,

DOCDEVOE

When you have to bust out the cutting torch every time you stick your rod.

MyAvitech

At that point it's no longer dimes you're laying, its f'ing CDs

trainbot

I don’t know that I’d call that “stick” welding. More like “branch” or maybe “trunk” welding!

PorchPotatoMike

35 yrs of welding and I've never even heard of a rod that big! Damn I'd love to try that!

metalandstoneworker

So this is why California's electrical grid went down

ianlally

Why would anyone dislike this? I think this was just amazing. I never knew you could make electrodes that big, let alone weld such beautifully with it. Mad respect and greetings from Costa Rica!

theeduardox

This is definitely a case of: "My rod's bigger than your rod!!"
And they say "Size doesn't Geez
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

PilotMcbride

for anyone wondering the purpose of such a large electrode, this process is also known as flood welding, or massive electrode welding and it's primary use is in foundries for repairing dies, forging hammers and similar very heavy structures where the appearance of the weld is not important. These rods can be burned anywhere from 1000 - 2000 amps, with deposition rates upwards of 60 lb/ hr. Red- D- Arc has available 1000 amp machines that can be paralleled together for 2000 amp at 100% duty cycle. Sure to make the electric company smile from ear to ear

Sparky-wwre

I was on a tour of Hoover Dam one time and saw a guy stick welding on one of the massive generators with what looked 3/8 rod and I thought that was badass, but this, this is epic! 😁

universebecomingltd

Definitely a Time saver . Who's the guy that wants to try it over head 😨

curtisvonepp

I worked in a casting repair shop where we repaired castings for railway intersections. We had a 900amp and a 500amp stick welder pigged together. We used it for cleaning the casting with air arc gouging. The rods were 3/4" diameter. Remember first time I tried it. It took 2 hands and had a huge kick to it. Was the first time I tig welded copper to repair the gouging heads as well.

slimdog