Why can the rods not be clamped during welding?
(I am aware this is not an answer, I would suspect that heat sufficient to melt welding rod and steel would melt through wire very easily, before the steel melted- but this might all happen on a rather aggressive timescale, so that might not matter)
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Why can the rods not be clamped during welding?
(I am aware this is not an answer, I would suspect that heat sufficient to melt welding rod and steel would melt through wire very easily, before the steel melted- but this might all happen on a rather aggressive timescale, so that might not matter)