Talk:Twin-carbon arc welding

Brazing

This artticle should cover carbon arc brazing. No one welds like this but it is done for electric brazing. Riveted Fox (talk) 16:29, 13 September 2016 (UTC)

Twin-carbon arc

Twin-carbon arc is a heating method developed before WWII, rarely used today. Unlike SMAW ("stick welding") there is no transfer of filler material. It is a heating method only, an alternative to oxy-acetylene for welding or brazing. There is a related method, arc-air cutting, which uses a single carbon arc and (lots of) compressed air to gouge. It is an inferior alternative to plasma and oxy-cutting. The article appears to be original research and is misleading to a reader. If the article is redone with more than a single paragraph of citation, it should stay. Otherwise, a single paragraph should be merged to Arc welding and this article deleted. Rhadow (talk) 18:36, 23 November 2017 (UTC)

Comments please -- KHOKHA, Riveted Fox, Andy Dingley Rhadow (talk) 19:11, 23 November 2017 (UTC)

I'd agree with the brazing comment - although that was a 1970s thing when cheap DIY AC welders were available, but oxy-fuel wasn't. It has been used for welding, I think it was important for some lead welding processes (batteries), but no-one welds steel like this. Andy Dingley (talk) 19:37, 23 November 2017 (UTC)

It was used in the 1970s and up to the 1980s although I know its ancient when it began. I think that was for making lead batteries around 1900. It shouldnt be merged anywhere, that would get confusing in the other article. Riveted Fox (talk) 12:10, 23 September 2019 (UTC)

Double electrode arc welding

This is a variant of double electrode arc welding. E.g.

IMO the article should be renamed 'Double electric arc welding' and expanded with specific section on carbon arc variant. Lkingscott (talk) 09:11, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

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