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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

The welding rod is of copper which contains phosphorus; and a flux, also containing phosphorus, should be spread for about an inch each side of the joint.

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)

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

From Empire by Simak, Clifford D.

The welding rod should be of mild steel, or, if wrought iron is to be welded to steel, a cast iron rod may be used.

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)

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