Anyone get "give away" electrodes other than 7018 scrap?

[EchoSixMike]

That was my first thought too! Do the rods produce a "smell" when heating? Maybe I can heat them up when the missus is out ....

Wondering too what kind of fumes to expect when powder coating. That oven in the kitchen can hold a few things ..... I'll post this question in the powercoat thread ....

Hot steel has a smell, it's not bad though. Women have more sensitive noses than men however.

The toaster oven works just fine. Make sure it's large enough. I have a beater oven that I had for heat treating lead alloys, and it worked great, just had to fit the rods in diagonally, due to length. S/F......Ken M

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Hot steel has a smell, it's not bad though. Women have more sensitive noses than men however.

The toaster oven works just fine. Make sure it's large enough. I have a beater oven that I had for heat treating lead alloys, and it worked great, just had to fit the rods in diagonally, due to length. S/F......Ken M

You bet ... way ahead of you. Have few toaster oven models written down from good 'ol Walmart.com that are cheap but are wide enough to handle 14" rods (probably need to be laid out diagonal too). A bit hard to gauge though as all dimensions are for the outside and the price goes up quickly for the really big units. May need to actually go in to measure.

[SeanMurphy265]

It doesn't have a smell. put them on an old cookie sheet, turn the oven 300-350 for five minutes, turn it off, and let them sit in the oven 30-45 minutes. Nothing gets me madder than sticking a bunch of rods. Might as well be throwing $$$ down the drain. Nothing is worse than sticking rods when you have crawled under something and your trying to weld.

[EchoSixMike]

Proper reconditioning of 7018's requires significantly more heat than 300 and for more than an hour. Various manufacturers recommend anywhere from 500F to 800F for one or two hours. Does 300F for half an hour noticably improve stick performance? Almost certainly does, but for the sake of accuracy, the "proper" procedures call for significantly more heat. S/F.....Ken M

[KSmith]

It doesn't have a smell. put them on an old cookie sheet, turn the oven 300-350 for five minutes, turn it off, and let them sit in the oven 30-45 minutes. Nothing gets me madder than sticking a bunch of rods. Might as well be throwing $$$ down the drain. Nothing is worse than sticking rods when you have crawled under something and your trying to weld.

Thank you for that formula for reconditioning. It will come in handy soon.

ken