Sorry for being disconnected. Life happened.
A few things: Thread hijack is always welcome here, so long as nobody is throwing bricks. That said, the welding wire bit ought to have a little bit on its own, maybe in building a frame? I don't remember if there is a welding thread, but this is, imho, worthy of its own thread because...
When I bought my name-brand blue welder, it worked pretty well right out of the box. Ran through a second spool I got at the time of purchase, and that went OK as well. There were some bad welds and at the end of a relatively short bead, would spit a little randomly, which I thought was pretty much me.
Then, when that spool was used up, and I had a day's welding to do on the frame, I called Dismantalus, because he said to buy good wire and I did not know where to get it. He was unavailable, the welding shop was not open, and I decided to go to the orange big box lumber/hardware store. Place only sold the Lincoln stuff.
Back in the lab, my welds were suddenly beautiful. Smooth, even, low spitting, great sound. All the minor issues I thought were me ended up being the wire. The big issues were still mine, but welding was suddenly way easier. Beginners take note.
Best, Terry
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