Gerald, I read the article and a bunch of the other ones on your blog. Putting aside the "certified" aspect I find the QC dynamic of welding to be a very interesting aspect of the whole industry. To give a little background, I am a union iron worker in the NE, so every welder that comes ou...

Thanks I don't have any other pics. I'm going to work on it again later this week so I'll get more pics then. The root and fill all look good. No excessive undercut, nice even puddle, no voids. When I cut the backing strap off the toe looks fine. When I bend the root there are no cracks or voids th...

Thanks for the input. I was thinking about it a little more and I was running my cap when the plate was still pretty hot. I was running my fills about 10 minutes apart which seemed to work well so I could keep my amps lower and still get a hot bead. I will try again tomorrow and let the plate cool ...

Why fixed shade? The better you can see the puddle, the better you can weld. Got my auto-darkening dialed down to about 8.75. I can go lower, but then it starts getting a little too bright.. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk That seems a bit low to me but everyone has a different light tolerance...

This forum will grow as it fills a void. It is a great group poised for greater content. Here, I've always wished more experts would contribute. For his own reasons, Jody is not an active participant here. Nobody will ever accuse this site of being top heavy. I wonder if some people at Heavy Equipm...

Hey guys, I am just getting into welding and was wondering what tools you guys recommend for cutting and prep work. All I have right now is a angle grinder and Sawzall. I bought a pack of wire brushes 4 the angle grinder at Harbor Freight but they don't work very well. Thanks for any help I would r...