@Abdulkadir Ali @Mikeal Richards @Jonas Pichler @Satyajit Lahon @Tj John @Daniel Gartley Happy to have you all here! Please make an introduction post using the “write something” bar at the top of the community page. Please share some photos of your work so we can get to know you or if you’re just starting out tell us what you’re hoping to learn so we can help you get started!

Just picked up this 52” sheet metal shear, it will come in handy for cutting weld test plates for you guys to practice on!

Practicing on some aluminum #6 gas lense cup at 25 cfh 250 amps on the machine using the pedal 3/32 4043 filler rod 1/8” aluminum 3/32 2% lanthanated tungsten 70% EP AC Balance 140 HZ AC Frequency.

Let me start saying that 0.35 filler is sooo much more forgiving to work with than 1/16 and 3/32 er308. Took this day to resolve a pending situation with a rusted dish strainer (correct me if is called differently) and bought material to rebuild it in stainless steel 304. When they say practice makes perfect is so true, made some mistakes forgetting about heat and distorsión and things were horribly out of square . Cut my welds and did it again , had a bunch of 2mm gaps as a result and figure it out. Overall happy with the result , is sturdy and rust proof. 0.35 er308l filler wire #10 jazzy furick gas lens cup 25 cfh of argon 3/32” 2% lanthanated tungsten 60 amps pedal controlled Material 1 x 1/2” rectangular tube 0.0535” thick. This community and the support of you guys + practice has allowed me to improve from when I started . Thank you @Grant Pratt for the constant support and tips ,loving tig welding and fabrication

Me welding improved SO much today! Today i took welding lessons for 8hrs at Brad's. Still need to get more consistent.