extra crispy? :lol:

do you have a steady hand?

 

Good luck. Lol...

 

It looks like it has a disease. :lol:

Good luck though.

 

hahah yea I didnt have any sheet metal laying around so i just used some extra pipes i had and went all over.

 

its not quite even, but it will do the job if it has to

maybe cut across a lil quicker?

 

Well that was just a few minutes worth of practice. I think I found the correct wirespeed.

I was actually doing more pulling when I was supposed to be pushing... so for round two im gonna try doing that.

 

the best advice any welder will tell u. practice practice practice. the more u do it the better ull be. and also doing steady hand exercizes is helpfull if ur willing to waste some time:lol: .

1. balance pennies on the tips of ur fingers on one hand(palm up, or down if ur really good), then hold it for 5 mins.
2. balance a pencil on the side of ur hand and start writing or doodling untill u can hold it for a while then move to a less balanced larger object like a drum stick.

im shakey as shit and still cant weld that good but doing that really did help me to improve believe it or not.

oh and when welding, the steader and smoother the "ticking" sound, the better ur doing.

 

Thanks for the tips.

Yea.... once it sounds like bacon cooking I know its working lol.

 

lool looks like that pipe got infested with warts

looks like a ton of fun though gl practicing

 

hmmmm!!!! that just look SO WRONG! (DISGUSTING!)

 

It looks like it has a disease. :lol:

took the words out of my mouth :lol:

 

thaks for a good laugh!!... but congrats on your efforts. i wouldnt quit the day job!

 

 

HAHAH I love the responses.

Don't worry tomorrow will be a better day.... I hope.

 

dude that looks nasty :lol:

might want to *WW* this hahaha...

 

Ohh man that weld on the pipe makes me cringed haha... like they said practice, practice and more practice lol!!! I'll probably take to long to learn how to weld pretty good, I have no talent in the hands-on department haha. Good luck!!!:lol:

 

if thats 3" i would of bought it from you...

hahaha, looks better than my first welds.

 

lol. nah its 2.5 inch. Im about to head back out after breakfast and practice for the rest of the day.

 

looks like its breaking out or something

looks gross but idk how its suppose to look anyway

 

hahah holy god thats kinda creepy. haha

 

Much more progress. This looks much better than yesterdays. LOL. I checked inside the pipe and its penetrating so I just need to get it to lay down properly and keep my hand even

Turns out I wasn't using gas all this time. Back to work I go... this time with the gas hooked up properly.

 

looks better today, but you still have a lil more practice left

that one on the bottom, the bead is even on the left but not on the right ... what happened there?

 

Some weld hit me on the foot and I forgot I was wearing slippers. LOL

Well turns out those welds are without gas.. I opened the welder today and it turns out I never hooked up the gas line. So I wasted some gas. lol.

But hey for gasless welds and mild steel wire thats pretty good...

 

hooray for progress!

 

Hmm much better but the second pic looks like what dogs leave on the street LOL!!!