How To Weld Thin Sheet Metal With A 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.

How to weld thin sheet metal with a stick welder. A wire feed or tig welder is ideal for sheet metal but we will assume that you don t have one. 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. This is the thinnest sheet metal i have ever welded using this process.

We need to establish what is considered thin metal. The stitch welder has a solenoid that pulsates the rod and also a diode that can be engaged to convert the buzz box output to dc. Disclaimer due to factors beyond the. I m welding very t.

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