an auto helmet will really help when starting out too, a few dollars more but worth it if you never have to try and sleep with potato slices on your eyes.
Welding: What type of wire?
- Thread starter Steel City 06
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Yes, like that. You need to learn how to control weld bead size and profile with travel speed and heat settings before you do anything else.
Second most important thing is to get an expensive auto darkening hood with big viewing area. Then get lots of spare cover plates for the outside, a few for the inside. If you can't see, you can't weld.
Learn how to watch the puddle from the side. In the above picture, your head would be to the left looking at it about the same way you are looking at it in front of a computer screen. The reason for that is to keep your hood and face out of the welding smoke which is not good to breathe and more importantly, fogs up the welding lens. If you can't see, you can't weld.
This is my helmet. Thanks so much for the instruction and prioritizing what I need to work on.