Welding Tips and Tricks

Just started school yesterday and my teachers don't give me much feedback. I've tig welded quite a bit before but this is my first time doing mig. Wondering if you guys could give me some feedback

Welcome to the forum.

Piling welds on top of welds is good to get a feel for things, but you're gonna need to actively look for proper weld reinforcement/penetration. When you pile bead after bead, the entire part is gonna be too massive and you'll run out of power to make a proper weld bead. In most instances, you want a little bit of a crown, but not when its accompanied with a large weld toe angle, as that is where cracks initiate under large amounts of stress.





Only you can check these things in-person. With MIG it's far too easy to pile on too much metal without ensuring proper weld bead profile/penetration. Polishing/etching is your friend.

So basically I need to make some welds that are spaced apart from each other on a fresh base so I can really see what I'm putting down?

My welding school starts us out on 1/8inch plate 1/16 open root (push and pull) then moves us onto 3/32 gap