New to welding

[BMan2005]

Just to keep it real and show my experience,. Haha. I didn't have my rod angle correct on my weave and had some undercut and splatter on that weld. Ran a stringer over the top and going to run one on the bottom when I finish the rest.

 

[Shield Arc]

Was that run vertical down hill?

 

[BMan2005]

Slightly down hill, 15-20* maybe at most. The stringer was up hill the same about 15-20* and with 7018. I ran most my root passes with 7014 because in some places there was a slight gap between the flat bar and 1" 3pt arm on the fillet weld. I ran one 7018 pass in the beginning and had alot of spatter and not a pretty weld, think I found out why 7014 is called a filler rod. Other than that I ran 6011 on a few verticals for the root & all my cover passes after 7018.

 

[Shield Arc]

So how do you like that PowerArc 200ST?
Your next challenge will be learning how to run vertical up hill with 7018, and 6010 / 6011.

This vertical up hill 7018 weld was made with the PowerArc 300.

 

[BMan2005]

Honestly, I'm thrilled with it and thanks for recommending it. I have no other welder to compare it to, but I do think it's part of the reason I've been able to learn with it's ease of use to start and ark and keep it.

Yeah that looks as good as my best horizontal weld, probably better. Haha. I tinkered a little with it, but no real start to finish practice, soon though!

 

[Shield Arc]

Yeah that looks as good as my best horizontal weld, probably better. Haha.

You have to remember now, I've been welding for a few weeks.

 

[BMan2005]

After spending the last month or two googling welding, I kinda don't believe you.... Lol. You need to not use the same signature line on various forums

 

[Shield Arc]

I kinda don't believe you.... Lol.

Not buying it?

 

[BMan2005]

Nope

 

[BMan2005]

And DONE, I hope. I scraped the idea of the plate I planned to use. You can see the stress cracks in the original design from Taylor Way and it's already been repaired and patched a few times by the original owner. Time will tell if the new way I repaired it is better or not, in my mind it should be since it's not a corner it's pulling in. I did go ahead and hit it with some primer so it doesn't rust over night.