preheat your material with a torch and use 8018 or 11018 rods.two pass's top and bottom.
good luck
kevin burks
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I built a cattle gaurd out of stem a while back and had to wrap the ground lead around the stem 4-5 times like said above and found putting a little heat in it first worked really good to keep the stem from getting brittle. that stuff is a pain in the rear. after I got the cattle gaurd finished I gave the rest of the stem away so i would never try to build anything with it again. good luck
