Travel speed might be just a tad fast. Slow it down a little. You want to look for what we call stacked dimes. Looks like dimes stacked in a row

 

are you using gas?

 

Rock tonight for football and food?

 

Will do. Won't be able to weld till next tuesday though Man I wanna weld!!!

 

Yes sir

 

i go to the same school as Ryan but at night for two years now. i just picked up an apprenticeship Tuesday and starting Monday!

here's a weld

 

Damn man that's looking good. U guys move into. Flux core yet?

 

So any pointers? Or what? It has good penetration. Cut it open and looks like one piece

 

keep your eye on the puddle and read it. and watch your stick out which is the unmelted wire coming out of the gun should be around 1/4 to 3/8 of an inch from the puddle! the more stick out the more amps. clean nozzle good gas flow 15-20. try to push and pull the weld puddle and figure what you feel configurable with. i like to pull the puddle gives better view...

 

Ya I did push and pull on a but weld and was comfortable with both and yeah I keep it at about that.

 

flux and mig last year. doing tig now but might withdraw from class....

 

The bottom was the but weld I pushed and pulled. The middle was a lap and top was the other side if the other t weld

 

crack it up few amps. on the other side of butt joint was it melted through, no edges. but looking good ck

 

Why withdraw? Is it TIG or some other reason? I got certified in all sorts as I was graduating high school and got hired as a TIG operator right outta the gate. I'm the first to admit I'm not the most knowledgeable on welding (MIG especially, I fell in love with TIG and never looked back) but I did sit at a table operating a TIG torch 8+ hours a day, 5+ days a week for almost 2.5 years. I'd be happy to answer any questions if I can, just shoot me a pm or something. Not claiming to know all, I'm willing to bet Dustin and Josh and several others could walk all over me in some aspects but I'm pretty comfy in my TIG abilities.

CK, I'm happy to help if I have time. If u have any questions or just wanna run beads or something. Practice really makes perfect. I'd suggest really exploring what your machine can do though, cause as soon as you know what adjustments do what, you can start making changes on the fly to account for various things that may pop up.

 

i start my new job monday fulltime welding for a company called hasting brothers and work all over co and school in aurora would suck. there is only 2 others doing tig so we have alot of time with the teacher in class. going to post tig weld when my phone charges. thats crazy u got a job after high school welding. my first hs was set on fire twice that had wood/metal shop auto class and after that thos classses were canceled...