Looks much better, congrats.
The fusion welds can be colorful.
When needing to add rod, it will
most likely blacken the weld, and
need polishing if necessary.

Yes Pictures please.
It sounds by your description You are welding the complete seam on each side.
The warping can be offset by welding incrementally, or by doing a second pass to pull to the side/plane You want.
GL

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Poland308 wrote:3 phase or single phase?

Single Phase

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