Welding Thin Sheet Metal With Stick Welder

How to weld thin gauge steel similar to car body panel down to 8mm or 1 32 of an inch thick with arc or stick welder.

Welding thin sheet metal with stick welder.

Forget the larger 1 8 inch tungsten electrode and use a smaller one. Just grab a piece of sheet metal to get the heat set correctly and go to town. Tig welding sheet metal. A good heat setting for 1 8 6011 rods on thin material is about 80 90 amps.

It is recommended that a welder should use 023 or 024 inch wire for light gauge sheet metal work. Stainless steel are used in applications such as hvac automotive mobile machinery guards and cabs and small parts as well as stainless steel food service and processing. To weld sheet metal with solid wires use electrode positive ep or reverse polarity. I discuss metal prep.

As a rule when mig welding sheet metal never use a body filler metal that is thicker than the base metal. Sheet metal welding is no easy task but with a bit of practice on the right welder it can be mastered like any other type of welding. Everyone is different but those settings will get you in the right ballpark to weld sheet metal. Stick welding thin metal using 120 volt power beginner welding series.

Carbon steel and 18 ga. Don t attempt to weld thin materials like sheet metal with flux cored wires which put more heat into the base metal. Gas metal arc welding gmaw is an effective method for joining light gauge metals such as carbon steel and austenitic stainless steel. For 3 32 7018 s it s about the same.

Follow along as i repair some thin metal using 6011 electrodes.