I have never used 3/32 with a 1/8" gap, and I can't find jack shit for tutorials on that. How, exactly, is that supposed to deal with my suck back issues?

taz wrote:Ditch that 1/8 wire and get yourself some 3/32 filler.
Oh and practice, practice, practice

3/32" with a 1/8" gap?

I'm running off of an old Miller Shop Master, I'm using a regular collet setup, I'm using 1/8th" 2% Thoriated tungsten. Blind spots are occurring when on the bottom half of the pipe, usually between 7 and 9 o'clock, and 5 and 3 o'clock, respectively, when I'm still on the floor. I'm holding my ...

Ok, guys. I am in a bind, and I need to get really freaking good at welding pipe in a hurry, so I'm hoping all of you can give me an epiphany as to what is going wrong here. I have had a terrible time troubleshooting my pipe welding, and I have yet to encounter anyone that gives me anything but vagu...

I've got a tig finger, and I use it when starting my bead, however my instructor is adamant about us walking the cup on all but the beginning of the bead.

I suppose all of that makes a lot of sense. I appreciate it, gentlemen.

Okay, so I'm at the end of my first semester, and we're working on vertical fillet, as this will be our final exam. We're supposed to lay a root, a hot, and three stringers. Now my root and my hot pass are pretty decent. I'll post a picture of my hot pass just 'cus it's perdy. My issue comes after t...

I always go around asking everyone's opinion because it seems the only way to collect information. With every person comes something I may have neglected to consider, and certainly offers more than my instructor. As far as a source and a welder, once I get the money, I'm definitely going to get on t...

I think I just have a bad teacher. He's extremely vague and hardly does anything to go about addressing an issue, he just shows you how he does it, which does little good without an explanation of the mechanics of it. Tonight he had us walking the cup 3g, and my welds were big and gnarly, and his re...

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i would love to be freehanding all of this, but i unfortunately have one of those dogmatic teachers that insists that everyone walk the cup whenever possible. i think walking the cup makes a pretty pattern and all, but it's strenuous and annoying. I'd rather prop and learn to stack dimes, but he doe...

Hello all. As you can guess, I'm a noobie. In school, we're working on running beads and walking the cup in the horizontal position on 1/4 mild steel. My issue is that I'm having a hard time evening out my beads. I'm told that I need to pause at the top so my beads aren't bottom heavy. As far as I c...