I am a new welder, looking to get into a career in some type of welding, I have learned all process and am pretty decent( can always use more practice though) my question though is what type of welding is in high demand and where can I get the best pay? I am curious as to how much welder actually ma...

$5.50/lb seems expensive? My LwS sells er70-2 for $2.90 lb. they put it on a scale and weigh it. It doesn't matter if you buy one pound or 50/lb, it's it's 2.90/lb I bought a single pound of e70s-2 and it came out to $10 just for the pound.. i also live in oregon if that helps? not alot of welding ...

$5.50/lb seems expensive? My LwS sells er70-2 for $2.90 lb. they put it on a scale and weigh it. It doesn't matter if you buy one pound or 50/lb, it's it's 2.90/lb I bought a single pound of e70s-2 and it came out to $10 just for the pound.. i also live in oregon if that helps? not alot of welding ...

I've been looking at mild steel filler lately and was wondering what seems to work best and the best place to buy it. It seems to be the most at my local welding shop. 5.50/lb for e70s2 1/8" What kind of work are you doing? Professional certified welding? Welding business? Garage-weekend warri...

I've been looking at mild steel filler lately and was wondering what seems to work best and the best place to buy it. It seems to be the most at my local welding shop. 5.50/lb for e70s2 1/8"

Thanks all for the replies! This helps alot!

I was just curious what the difference between hot rolled and cold rolled steel is and what applications it would be used in. thanks in advance!

can someone expand on what southpaw said about the gap? im new to welding and getting this exact machine in a couple weeks! any help is appreciated! Set the arc gap between .021-.023. 5.5mm socket finger tight on the pints is all you need. Not uncommon to find the pints not perfectly squared up to e...