The most commonly known method of welding metal would be the arc welding process. These machines are so common that every nation in the world would have access to them. Stick welding as it is otherwise known is also the same thing as manual metal arc welding, it is the same process just a different way of saying it.

MMAW or manual metal arc welding is the longer technical name so don’t go saying you are doing that type of welding. If you do people will think your a bit wacko. All you have to do is say that you can do arc or stick welding.

Essentially an arc welder is just a big electrical transformer. Its job is to transform electricity. What does it transform it into you ask? Well the transformer in an arc welder will transform the power coming into the welder, i.e. from the power point at 110v, 220v, 240 or 415v etc into a more stable and controlled power supply that is usable for welding.

The majority of arc welding machines in the world use a DC welding output. This originally was an AC waveform that has now been converted and transformed via the “transformer” into the DC source. This is now a lower voltage source of power that does not change polarity, making it great for welding with.

You know that you can grab two 12 volt car batteries and hook them together to make 24 volts, and like this you can weld with them. Yeah true. Car batteries have very large current drawing capabilities, which is exactly what you need for welding.

Many people who go four wheel driving and long distance bush driving in Australia will usually have two batteries in their four wheel drives (SUV). So all you have to do is throw in a pack of general purpose electrodes either E6013 or E6012 of a small diameter (try 2.0mm) and you can arc weld out in the middle of the dessert if you needed to.

Get your jumper leads out and hook one to the positive terminal and one to the negative terminal. Then all you have to do is join the other two terminals which will be negative and positive. You might be able to use some of the existing wiring from the dual battery setup for this.

Once you have made up this basic arc welding circuit you are ready to do stick welding in any remote location.

Yes arc welding is easy but you must learn how to arc weld right the first time.

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