Sod- as in "Green side up"?? The old joke about the landscaper who hired some Pollacks to lay down sod at the Schmuckadella Hills development in Scarsdale--
So what does grass on dirt have to do with our "Murphy's Laws" over here in the colonies? You Limeys sure have your own way with the English language, that the late Geo. Bernard Shaw declared was a factor in our separation from the Crown, a few centuries ago.
Best filler rod for 1018=1040 low sulphur bearing steels for the TIG (Tungsten Inert Gas) process in welding-- In MIG welding of similar analysis steels, AWS 70S=3, so as our Lincoln wire feed welder uses .045 wire (with 100% Argon shielding gas-same as you should be using with your TIG welder- I unspool a length of that and use it for filler rod- so far, results have been fine-- fluid puddle, best in the TIG to be welding in 1G position (downhand)--
For alloyed gun steels (AISI 4130-4140) I use Lincoln 308-16-ELC filler rod-- .040" to .056", depending on joint structure to be TIG welded--
Don't know how you Limeys interpret our USA AWS code- just as we have SAE threads, and you have Whitworth- we work in thousands of an inch, you laddies are on the metric side, righto??
Got a big hoot out of Da Trumpster's recent visit with the ROB (Royal Old Broad)- hard to believe Liz is 93-- she did have some nice words about the 75th Anniv. of the D-Day landing on the five deadly beaches of the Normandy Coast- but his now defunct Press Secretary sitting next to Old Chuckie--that was priceless-- "Hey Chuck, can you please pass the Catsup?-- maybe not. Foxie-- member- AWS
