"I have a Lincoln stick welder, and rods will stick if you don't start the arc correctly or don't maintain it correctly. It sounds like you built a nice machine :-)"

"Howdy! The final welder was great. I am not saying it was any better than anything you can buy, but I learned to weld on it and it was great! I built a recumbent bicycle and bicycle trailer with it, as well as some other odds and ends. It burns 1/16" rod just fine, but it *will* stick if you don't strike the arc correctly. The funny thing is that it sounds like a microwave when you turn it on!"

"Nice PC case recycle. How was the final welder?"

"OK, I'm guessing you are an engineer....EE here. Hardwar/software...Linux and the old OS/2"

"Ahh...I was wondering if these would really work. Now I don't have to try it ;)"