The wire feed speed knob and it's numbers are for you to remember what setting you used and worked for your particular application. They don't mean anything as in a specific ipm. 1=slower & 10=faster, so at setting 6 you got 29" that would equate to 290ipm. Try setting 4 1/2 or 5 and see wh...

Thanks fellas, I'm sure I'll pick up quite a bit of good info here and if I have questions I'm sure the answers will help tremendously

I'm no pro, but it seems that the puddle looked hot enough and he is welding 1/4" plate to 1/8" wall thickness on the hoist. I'll bet there was sufficient penetration in those welds.

Hello everyone, I've been getting into welding as a DIY because it has always interested me. I like working with my hands and be creative, but more than anything, I like to do things myself then feel good that I was able to accomplish it. I did some stick welding many years back but have not done so...