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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mr. OAM" data-source="post: 254854" data-attributes="member: 9816">I've been welding since I was 15........and I am 43 now. I can weld stick, TIG, MIG, and oxy-acetylene, a dying art, in all positions, including pipe. I also have a Ford welding certification (I work there). I can weld stainless steel, aluminum, hot and cold rolled, and cast iron. Someone said it, it is all about practice. Get a few pieces of steel plate and practice running bead after bead after bead. It's the only way to get good at it. Your weld looks like it will hold for what you are doing with it. Next time try moving the tip in little circles in order to make a slightly larger puddle. It will cover the joint with weld better and leave a nicer looking bead.Is your welder $99 because it is used or because it's Chinese? I got an American made Hobart wire welder at Harbor Freight for $325. I am using the flux cored wire it came with and it does just fine. Maybe down the road I will get the MIG kit for it but right now I can do everything I need with it. Steve</blockquote>