@Jonathan: I'm not nearly that advanced :) I'm just trying to join a pipe cut in two. Machine is a chinese 200A inverter (with more settings than most) and the tungsten I use are gray and red (although I notice no difference between them). Colour codes might be different here as well. @Oscar: Well, ...

I'm a noob welder and since I weld infrequently my improvement rate is slow. I have two things that gives me a headache every time I do them and I was hoping that there were some "tricks of the trade" where one can minimize the bad things that go wrong... What are some good ways to handle ...

Thanks for the replies. I will do prevention from now on. Even if it isn't 100% it should still make cleaning easier. For the stuff I have not treated I will go with the blaster. Had never seen the ones with a hopper before. Found that these are not very common in my area but there are spot blasters...

I'm a complete beginner at welding. I'm building a car (a Westfield for those that know what that is) and in the process of doing this I have to add bits and pieces to the frame as I go. I want to just tack these in place during the build and then when I'm mostly done I will tear everything apart an...