For starters, understand that the lifting platform is supposed to provide a solid, secure area for lifting - it is supposed to be capable of taking the pounding of heavy weights being dropped from arms' length overhead, day after day, and it needs to provide a sure-footed area for doing your lifts.
Class K welding cable is the most commonly used. Your standard welding cable is 30 AWG stranded and is available in a red or black jacket. Class K cable is commonly used for stationary welding jobs. Item (sold by the foot) O.D.
Welding Rods Explained! There are a lot of different welding electrodes and wires out there. In the field, welding electrodes are usually referred to as welding rods so I will use that term here. Stick Welding is also the term of choice in the field for SMAW, the acronym for Shielded Metal Arc Welding. Stick welding used to be done with a bare welding rod.