i am currently welding a 10mm plate downhand with 7018 rod. it is about 150mm long and the wps has me stop starting.... so at about the last 2 cm my arc goes all fubar most of the time and blows through as well as alot of flux falling of 1 side of the rod... i thought it was blowback and i changed t...

thank you sir. that all sounds good compared to my last job and the pay will be better which is always a nice bonus

dual shield mig? is that like flux core mig?
and how would one go about getting a job on a bridge or highrise? welding on a bridge is mydream job

so when you were working on the high rises and bridges did you do alot of stick welding??

thank you very much gentlemen i am very excited to learn as much as possible and become a quality welder

hello i am from canada but currently taking some welding courses in new zealand... i am very interested in getting started in rope access welding.. from the research i have done and asking alot of questions to my teachers it would seem that stick/arc/mmaw welding would be the best suited for this li...