I shortened the two fork pieces on my tsc unit and welded them on sideways with a reciever hitch in between. Now I'm thinking of cutting it back off and welding it onto my boxblade. My welds all look like 'big-booger welds' but it's fun and they usually hold..
My early years of welding involved "booger welds" too. I really turned the corner with my welding when I started concentrating on the puddle. Watch the puddle as you move backward and across with your circle. Then watch it again when you come across on your forward circle. Watch the edges of your puddle to see that they have just enough time to melt into the material that you are welding together.
If you are at the "booger weld" stage, that means you can keep an arc going. Once you can keep the arc going, then you can start concentrating on the puddle.
The next step after you've learned to move the puddle properly with adequate penetration and no under cut, then start working more on matching your current, rod size and speed for optimum results.
All this is just more emphasis on what I said in my earliere post.......... practice, practice, practice. In the course of practicing, if something isn't working exactly right, then try something different.
As your welding gets better, you're pride in it, will drive you to get better. As the complements on your welding start coming, that will provide more motivation to keep on practicing. In the process of doing that, more and more projects are completed, providing useful stuff like Fred's carry all.