200dx 6010

[DaveO]

Someone once said that 6010 is about the only rod that you can run downhill, which pipe-fitters sometimes do... kind of makes me want to run some 6011 downhill and see what happens.

6011 downhill will work just fine- your "someone" is a bit misinformed! In a 4-digit electrode number, the third digit is "position". A 1 in slot three means "all position". This decoder ring gives more info:
http://www.lincolnelectric.com/en-us...ns-detail.aspx

[joshuab]

6011 downhill will work just fine- your "someone" is a bit misinformed! In a 4-digit electrode number, the third digit is "position". A 1 in slot three means "all position".

Interesting that the "position" digit 1 is listed as being good for flat, horizontal, vertical down, and overhead. No mention of vertical up at all. And yet it's my impression that vertical up is more common than vertical down, except in pipelining.

[Rambozo]

Interesting that the "position" digit 1 is listed as being good for flat, horizontal, vertical down, and overhead. No mention of vertical up at all. And yet it's my impression that vertical up is more common than vertical down, except in pipelining.

Not quite. 1 is ALL position. 4 is the one that is flat, horz, vert down, and overhead.

[joshuab]

Not quite. 1 is ALL position. 4 is the one that is flat, horz, vert down, and overhead.

Man, I shouldn't get on the Internet before I've had my coffee. Thanks. Duh.