How To Weld Thin Sheet Metal With A Stick Welder

We need to establish what is considered thin metal.

How to weld thin sheet metal with a stick welder.

I m welding very t. A wire feed or tig welder is ideal for sheet metal but we will assume that you don t have one. This is the thinnest sheet metal i have ever welded using this process. Years ago i bought the stitch welder accessory from them and with the 1 16 electrodes it works well on thin sheet.

The most obvious advice for a mig welder is to use the smallest wire diameter as possible. Stick welding sheet metal with 6013 rods. Just kidding this tip is to explain how to weld sheet metal with a stick welder. Either way there are certain things that a welder needs to be aware of when mig welding sheet metal.

I prefer to mig on all thin sheetmetal for optimum results but if the smaw is all you have the smallest rod you use will result in a better weld. Hey ag i also would go with the 6013 and i like the 5 64 for thin sheet metal if i have to smaw weld. Disclaimer due to factors beyond the. A smaller ire requires less heat to melt and at the same time does not heat the metal as much as you would with a thicker wire.

The real trick to weld sheet metal is to use a wire feed. Another thing that helps is if you can temporarily back up the weld with copper.