Welding Tips and Tricks

Hi everyone. Just a little about me, I've been a hobby/garage welder for 15+ years now. Just this last spring though, I graduated from a 2 year college welding program. I'm currently working as a welder running .045 Dual-shield primarily. I finally broke down and bought my first welder for home....a new Tweco Fabricator 141i 3 in 1. Let me tell you, so far this machine has been excellent running solid wire! I did try a couple of stick beads but it seemed to struggle a bit...not sure if it was the machine or me being rusty though. Tried it with 3/32 7018 and 6010 then tried a 1/8 6010. Didn't seem like it wanted to keep the arc going. Again, it could have just been me and being very rusty with stick.

Anyways, I'm looking forward to chatting with everyone!!!

Welcome to the forum Firewelder.