Hi there, welcome to the group. If you are talking about stick welding, jody has a number of videos talking about restarting welds. Stopping and restarting is similar to using up a rod and starting a new one. All the best, mick Thanks very much for the reply. I'm not sure if the plastic coupons are...

I too have tried and failed the practical exam three times now. There is one discontinuity I am having particular difficulty with. It's something in the middle of the top pass (I can't recall if each time it was on a fillet weld) where it looks like a bead was stopped midway through a pass and the n...

Hello, Just a bit about me: Six months stick welding experience, not much of a welder tbh. I took a college (like community college in the US) program involving statistical process control and NDT in a college in Ontario. (FWIW I can't say I would recommend it from an educational standpoint.) I am t...