The main thing I've learned about stick welding aluminum is to make sure you heat the material up enough before you weld it. It's the fastest you'll ever burn a rod up too.

What I love about welding are those days that every arc you strike seems to turn to gold. No matter what it is you're welding, you seem to set everything right, and you feel like you couldn't jack it up if you tried. The worst is dirty material and bad fitup, no doubt. I might mig, stick, tig, braze...

Looking to get a new welder at work. I'd like some input on the Lincoln Flextec 450 and the Miller XMT 456. We do some welding of 1 and 2 inch plate for large fixtures, down to quarter inch angle and flat stock. Most of the welding will be with mig and stick, though we will use the arcair and tig so...