7. Decrease the angle of the welder

7. Decrease the angle of the welder to about sixty degrees In thin direction of the weld, and push on the
top surface of the protruding section of rod until it starts to adhere to the surface of the material.
8. Continue to exert pressure with the shoe, and start pulling the welder in the direction of the weld. At
the same time, help the rod into the pre-heating tube by exerting light pressure by hand.
9. Continue to pull the welder along in the direction of the weld. Always press on the top surface of the
rod with the shoe. The weld should proceed at the maximum speed that fusion of the rod to the base
material allows.
10. Once the weld is properly started there can be no hesitation. Continue to pull the welder along in the
direction of the weld, and the rod will feed through, being pulled by its adhesion to the base material. If
necessary, because of slight overheating due to hesitation, the rod should he helped through the tube.
The speed of the weld can be increased by depressing the angle of the welder even lower, to about fortyfive
degrees, The maximum possible speed can be attained in this manner. The portion of the rod
emerging from the end of the pre-heating tube, below the shoe, will show flow-lines similar to those visible
in hand welding. The crown, however, will be higher. If the welder is not moved quickly enough, the rod
may soften excessively and bunch up in the pre-heating tube, sometimes charring or burning. This
condition can be seen readily, because the emerging end of the rod will soften, flatten out, stretch, and