this is my welding helmet, pretty expensive but is the best one I have used

I am certainly not going to give up, I rolled my Millermatic 175 over to the table yesterday and put down some really nice welds to remind myself what I am capable of, that machine has got to be the best $300 I ever spent. I switched my 3in1 machine to stick and burned a few rods with that too, I st...

well I knew this day was going to come, getting discouraged. haven't given up because it was just a bad night ill get it.
On the brighter side my Chinese machine still works incredibly well

im betting I have over a hundred straight 1/2'' and 4 or 50, 90* 1/2''. hoping some tubing appears I might use these to plumb air lines in my shop if they make NPT adapters for it

didn't get near enough time in tonight, only had about 10 minutes of play time tonight, no propane for the shop heater and wasn't worth firing up the wood stove, I have a few boxes of these Stainless Swagelok fittings that have been appearing outside of my shop for the last few months so I figured i...

thanks all, im going out to my shop to try out some more welding, wish me luck and maybe ill have some pics,

Thanks for the positive input, the top picture was done without filler I had to move really fast on it because I think I was set too high. I have lots of mig welding time from being a mechanic for nearly 20 years I do a fair amount of exhaust in my shop, I purchased the tig because I intend to do a ...

so I bought a Chinese machine and it didn't explode after 25+pounds of 1/8th 6011,7014 and 7018 so I decided to try TIG
suggestions and helpful criticism is welcomed, bashing my machine isn't necessary I know it is crap, but im not bleeding money to buy a premium brand

thankyou, im looking forward to learning many of the things I don't know

Just trying to learn new skills, have a serious interest in learning tig welding, hope I have found a place to answer many questions