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Your cart is empty.The Forney 44557 312-16 stainless alloy "easy all steel" specialty welding electrodes are the ultimate rods for most grades of steel using any stick electrode power source. Can be used by anyone, regardless of prior welding experience. Features a superior combination of tensile strength and elongation. The arc is so ionized that you can not short it out. Typical applications include joining abrasions and heat and corrosion resistant steels. Best suited to horizontal fillet welds. Forney Industries is one of America's longest operating family-owned metal working product companies. Founded in 1932, Forney offers more than 5,000 products for the hardware, automotive, farm and ranch and do-it-yourself markets. If you've got metal working questions, we've got answers. We're committed to your success regardless of location size or needs. 3/32 inch (2.38 mm) rod diameter. 1 pound (.453 Kg) box of rod. Tensile strength is 128,000 PSI. Amperage is 35-70 amps. Recommend polarity: DC reverse or AC. Proof of purchase required. neglect, negligence or accident, or that has been used in any way contrary to the purpose intended.
Great quality product, thanks.
Reviewed in Australia on January 30, 2025
Very good quality and instant fire as soon you want to start
Brian W.
Reviewed in Canada on May 15, 2024
THESE WELDING ROD'S WORK REALLY-GOOD!!,,, SOO EASY TO LAY A NICE BEAD,, THEY WORK WITH STAINLESS STEEL REALLY NICE,,, AND WITH TWO DIFFERENT METAL'S TOGETHER,, LIKE STEEL,, AND STAINLESS,, "ALSO",, THEY WORK GOOD WITH THIN METAL'S,,, THE ONLY PROBLEM WITH THEM IS,, THEY ARE PRICEY,,, BESIDES THAT,,, THEY ARE ONE OF THE BEST ROD'S I HAVE EVER USED.
Marco R.
Reviewed in Canada on February 24, 2024
De bonnes qualités
sylvain
Reviewed in Canada on May 7, 2023
Fait de très belles soudure.
nano
Reviewed in Canada on August 24, 2022
This is the smoothest welding rod I've used thus far. It sparks easily, runs very smoothly and produces a great bead. However, it's expensive and the price keeps going up... Bought it a month or so ago for 30$ cad/lb. Wanted to buy again... but now it's around 34$ cad/lb. :(
MD
Reviewed in the United States on June 15, 2022
This rod was a bit pricey, but if you are new to stick welding, it is absolutely worth it. You won't have to worry about varying steel compositions or even dialing in the perfect amperage. This rod worked great on 120V and 240V setups for me, and wasn't particularly sticky. I used it to teach my girlfriend how to weld, and she was not nearly as frustrated as I was twenty-five years ago when I started out. Forget about might welders. The technology today makes it remarkably easy to do structural quality welds with no shielding gas and minimal equipment. I probably would not choose this product for personal use on account of the price, but for anyone looking to learn the art of welding, this is a must-have.
Donna C
Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2022
I'm a home hobby welder who does pretty well with a MIG gun, but my stick welding is hit or miss at times. I have worked with stainless a few times but have never had such good results before! I don't do it often enough to justify a TIG setup, but for occasional projects I am really pleased with how easy these rods make things. Highly recommended.
shauna geiger
Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2021
Good price for true stainless rod when used with my Forney arc welder.
myrna lee
Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2019
works well
paul norseman
Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2018
good stick but costly
RT
Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2018
The best kept secret of stick welding! Anybody and their Mother can run a nice bead with these things. More expensive than your typical 60xx or 70xx electrode but who gives a crap if you're not burning pounds of rod a day. For your typical hobbiest or home diy, 312-16's are the way to go. Do yourself an additional favor and try the 1/8" rods too. They run great even on my 120 volt toaster sized box (Amico DC-160A, the Blue one).
David
Reviewed in the United States on June 7, 2016
Welded well and are much cheaper here than any local welding stores.
Hugh Ashburn
Reviewed in the United States on July 16, 2015
Great rod for single run welds. The easiest rod I've ever used to start an arc. Really hard slag! Kinda hard to clean off slag for multiple passes. Great all around stainless rod to use on most any metals. Very tuff filler metal. Not brittle at all.
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