A consumable guide nozzle generally is a hollow tube through which the consumable electrode usually in the form of wire passes into the weld pool of the particular welding process being conducted. One purpose of the consumable guide nozzles is to direct the electrode wire into the welding pool of the process being conducted. The consumable guide nozzles also serves as a means for adding other metal components to the weld pool to thereby provide a final weld having a desired metallic alloy.