These are actual welds I’ve had to repair on this project I’m working on. It baffles me these guys showed up & got paid to “weld”for a few weeks.

I gave him this small trailer repair on a scrap trailer we have out back. He just has a cheap machine and some flux core wire. How can he improve and what should he work on? I got a buddy in metal fab and can get scrap from him to practice with. Also I couldn’t post on [r/welding](r/welding) so that’s why it’s here.

Any advice? What am I doing wrong trynna have smaller beads.im running on 16.7 or 16.5 volts on 192 ipm or 197 ipm.

Days like this make me wish I took the easy option and became an office worker

Dude said he was tired of working on it all the time

Wedge parts are easy to slip while cutting. This setup produces clean cuts with little burr, less grinding needed for batch work.

Is it normal for this plug to be wobbly even if collar fully tightened. Cigweld blue venom 186. Vid in comments

Said it had been a while, I’m not really sure what he was aiming to do exactly

Hey I’m a product design student currently working on a product for new/ diy welders to help them learn the skill more proficiently I’m am winding any one has used any jigs or aids to do do this, or what you found most difficult when it came to learning the skill, thank you any discussion are welcome just looking for some conversation.

We took two new packs of welding wire, but after a few clean layers, we found rust inside. We struggled with the settings for a long time until we looked inside and realized what was causing the problem.

First time ever welding with no prior training/experience guided with 15 minutes of YouTube tutorial. Also for people telling me to grind the paint before hand, I already did. Just did a terrible job at the weld it self