Yes, I could stick weld it, but part of the reason I want to do it is to get TIG practice. I kill two birds with one stone. As I have been thinking about it, I've about talked myself into welding some real thick angle iron horizontally on the back. But like you say, 6 inches isn't much so I suppose ...

Hi. I have a pretty large tractor with a 7' wide rear scraper blade. The blade has a curved shape and is 3/8 inches thick. The problem is, the blade is not quite wide enough. I need an 8' wide blade. I need to add 6 inches to each side so that I end up with 8'. The blade is approximately 15 inches t...

Thanks for the replies. I guess the fact that my left wrist (I'm right-handed) is full of screws and pins from a bad accident doesn't help. Jody says that feeding rod is the last thing that gets "learnt" when tig welding. I'll follow you-all's advice and see where it ends up. It is somethi...

Hi. I am struggling with feeding rod. I understand the "standard" method of using the first two fingers to advance the rod, but I have seen two of Jody's videos where I can only see the thumb moving. In these videos it looks to me like it is the thumb that is advancing the rod. One of thes...

Hello to everyone. I'm very happy to find this forum! I've been watching Jody for a while now. I am a professional automotive mechanic, and have been for 45 years. I've owned my own shop for 28 of those. I'm a pretty good mechanic, but I'm a lousy welder! I would dearly love to be able weld decently...