Started practicing on some 1/16 stainless slowly getting the hang of it

I use a bandsaw meant for wood to cut aluminum just swap out the blade and have at it, hard metals will kill the blade but the soft stuff works great.

You thought about the Everlast 210ext they have them on sale currently for about $1400, the Lincoln SW200 is also on sale for about 1300 right now. I had the SW200 the only complaint I had was the post flow is not adjustable, it's based off the amperage setting, so if your tacking a bunch that machi...

Tried welding some aluminum 1/8" thick, I think it turned out ok considering I've only been at it for about 2 weeks

Played around with some 1/4" steel today tried fooling around with moving the puddle up and down

Thanks Poland,
Treated myself to a new helmet, Optrel 2.5 Vegaview with a 2x cheater lens, the difference from my old cheap hood is crazy I was basically welding blind. Here's my first weld with the new hood

Feel like I'm slowly getting the hang of things, still can't feed rod very well, just need to practice feeding filler while I'm watching TV. Looks less like fidos butt and slightly more like a TIG weld. All criticism and tips appreciated

Thanks for all the advice, I'll try to get some welding in this week and see if my hands can comprehend what I've read

Howdy from the lone star state, Didn't realize all this time I've been watching Jody's videos that there was a forum too. Been Mig welding for quite some time all hobby stuff mostly for myself and mainly automotive. Just recently decided that MIG was way too easy and that I like to grind tungsten so...

After a week of TIG practice I feel like I'm finally making some good progress but I know I have much to learn. Looking for some weld critiques and advice, good, bad, and the ugly. My setup is a Lincoln Square Wave 200 set at 55 amps but I have a little pedal left as I'm welding, need to film the di...