Do to the overwhelming response to my post I decided to just burn rods. My horizontal is so pretty I want to take pictures and post them on youtube, but my verticle is still iffy. I seem to do better with an increased rod angle (25degree) and picking up the speed. Watching the puddle and keeping it ...

Hi. I'm trying to get out at the nuke as a electrician welder. The procter for the test is a pipefitter and doesn't want electricians welding. The test is just the verticle and overhead, SMAW welding, 7018 on reverse polarity DC. No grinders or wire brush wheel allowed for the electrician. You can o...