Little more, one side is 7018, 6011 on the other. Bumped it up to 130 amps. Getting slightly better, still has a pretty tall crown to it.

Above the file tang is the 6011, first time using that rod, tried a few different rod manipulation Styles.

That position on th dial should be about 65-70 amps that may be a bit low for an 1/8 in rod. Try a 3/32 rod at that setting. I don't usually bump up in rod size to 1/8 unless I'm doing 1/2 in or thicker material. But most of my stuff is position welds so I trade the speed of the 1/8 for a little co...

Thanks guys, I started to kinda get a feel for slightly dragging the flux. I think I'll try setti my course adjustment to 60-130 and fine adjustment to 10 and try that.

No intentional whipping was going on, was getting dark and I was getting a lot of glare in my hood so I was having trouble keeping a straight line. Picked up a leather chin flap to help with the glare. When you guys talk about keeping the arc tight and dragging, should I literally be dragging the ro...

Just got my Miller bobcat 250 mounted to my truck and started laying down a few practice beads. Haven't touched a welder since high school 12 years ago. Machine was set to DCEP, I'm guessing 110-120ish amps, still trying to get used to the settings on the machine. 1/8" 7018 on some 1/4" pl...