We tapped David Crosby, a general contractor and mechanic with more than 30 years of welding experience, for advice on how to stick weld. We’ll also review the equipment it requires, and offer ...

If you want to do normal welding later, you’ll need to put the original liner back in. The other thing you’ll need is argon gas and the welder needs to be configured for solid wire and gas.

In 2012, [Fran] reminded us of a toy from decades ago that allowed children to plastic weld styrene using friction. This modified method is similar to stick welding in that a consumable filler rod ...