btw, who's telling you that you're gonna get fired for spoiling a welding rod? another new fish learning to weld? maybe this will work for you maybe not. try different things till you find something that's comfortable and stick with it. like my friend esteban says that's welding 101 An old-timer wh...

Yeah, I guess I could've run up to the shop and bent a rod real quick and took a picture haha. But, I'm stuck in the parts room on nights at my job cuz we're a little slow, so that means being stuck on a computer all night and photoshop it was! I now bend the rod like this if I'm stick welding anyth...

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Hey guys. I saw a guy on the night shift where I work checking out this site and have been lurking for a couple days. Figured I give the forums a go. The videos and articles are great! I've been welding for less than a year after taking some welding classes as part of an industrial mechanic apprenti...

Hey guys, someone I work with told me about this website a couple days ago. Saw the forums and figured I join up and start asking some questions. I started an industrial mechanic apprentice program a couple years ago (mostly machine repair stuff on high speed packaging equipment, but they want us to...