Re: Aha, bet I gotcha on this one - rare rod.

On Wed, 31 May 2006 05:45:53 GMT, noone@xxxxxxxxxxx (Speechless)
wrote:

On Tue, 30 May 2006 19:33:59 -0500, "buffalo"
<buffalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Anyone ever heard of and used MG560 rod?

Please tell me your experiences, if so.




If I recall correctly, the MG560 was a rather impressive cutting
rod...one that gave an O/A torch a run for the money. I met that one
circa 1985. I recall that my employer at the time would turn red in
the face and screem like a banshee every time I picked one up. It
cost $1.00 per rod 20+ years ago. Yes, you read that correctly. I'm
not sure what the equivalent would be in today's dollars. Lets just
say that in the interests of staying employed, I did not pick one up
very often. The rod was kept around for emergency use only, to keep
the shop running incase gas for the O/A torches ran out.

I also met a MG289 rod around the same time. This one was
breathtaking in more ways than one. Yes, you could weld steel plate
to oily cast iron as easily as you can weld mild steel using 6013 rod,
that is, if you could afford the rod -- I was told that the cost per
rod was more than the minimum hourly wage at the time.

These rods were made available to me courtesy of my employer.
Naturally, being a young and foolish employee at the time, I didn't
pay attention to who made them, nor did I appreciate how rare and
unique these rods were. Are these rods still available? Who makes
them? Where can I get some? Now that I have a much better idea of
which end is up on a welder, it sure would be interesting to play with
these rods again. :)

There is a company that sells similar exotics Certanium. They were
bought out by Cronatron.

http://webapp1.cronatronwelding.com/cronatron/homePage

http://webapp1.cronatronwelding.com/cronatron/showLevel3?productClassNum=62010000


Ive got a pretty fair assortment of a lot of their Mxxx type rods from
an aerospace company that took all their welding, maint included..to
contractors and had 500 lbs of assorted rods on the shelves.

The plant manager gave it all to me , along with the Miller Dialarc
250 that now lives under my welding table. Giving him a 15 minute
service call and not charging him, paid off pretty good... <G>


Gunner

"If thy pride is sorely vexed when others disparage your offering, be
as lamb's wool is to cold rain and the Gore-tex of Odin's raiment
is to gull*** in the gale, for thy angst shall vex them not at
all. Yea, they shall scorn thee all the more. Rejoice in
sharing what you have to share without expectation of adoration,
knowing that sharing your treasure does not diminish your treasure
but enriches it."

- Onni 1:33
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