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welding rod

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noun

  1. electrical engineering filler metal supplied in the form of a rod, usually coated with flux

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Sculpture can be�and lately has been �made from wire, welding rod, boiler plate, concrete, and wormy wood.

From Time Magazine Archive

I took a metal rod, a welding rod, you know.

From Empire by Simak, Clifford D.

The welding rod may be of mild, low carbon steel or of Norway iron.

From Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting Electric, Forge and Thermit Welding together with related methods and materials used in metal working and the oxygen process for removal of carbon by Manly, Harold P. (Harold Phillips)

Various forms of flux may be used and they are applied by dipping the end of the welding rod into the powder at intervals.

From Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting Electric, Forge and Thermit Welding together with related methods and materials used in metal working and the oxygen process for removal of carbon by Manly, Harold P. (Harold Phillips)

The welding rod may be of cast iron, although better results are secured with Norway iron wire or else a mild steel wire wrapped with a coil of copper wire.

From Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting Electric, Forge and Thermit Welding together with related methods and materials used in metal working and the oxygen process for removal of carbon by Manly, Harold P. (Harold Phillips)

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