Newbie practice: the first hour

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I bought some angled steel from Lowes, cut it with a chop saw and went at it with my Millermatic 135.  I know it won't impress anyone, but It's my first actual weld so I'm kinda proud of it.
Reply:Well you made it stick together  and got to use your new toy. Looks plenty good for the first one. Keep on keepin on. Have fun .
Reply:You weavin'?
Reply:Congratulations!It's great fun, isn't it.....now hopefully you'll be hooked.- John
Reply:Cut em apart and do it again!David Real world weldin.  When I grow up I want to be a tig weldor.
Reply:its the only way to get better "the more u burn the more u learn"63' Lincoln SA200 2008 miller trailblazer 302fibre-metal pipelinermiller camo BWEand all the guns and ammo a growin boy needs
Reply:Good start ,we all had to do our first weld.There are no strangers here,just friends who have yet to meet.
Reply:I remember my first pieces now, I showed the boss. He only saw the foundation brackets I wasted practicing with, "What are those?"I said, "They are my first welds." "I know, but what are those pieces?", he says. "Uh..."City of L.A. Structural; Manual & Semi-Automatic;"Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is refined. Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore."Job 28:1,2Lincoln, Miller, Victor & ISV BibleDanny
Reply:Originally Posted by tanglediverI remember my first pieces now, I showed the boss. He only saw the foundation brackets I wasted practicing with, "What are those?"I said, "They are my first welds." "I know, but what are those pieces?", he says.
Reply:also remember just because its not red doesn't mean its not hot  im sure we've all done that one keep practicing and have fun350P 30A spool gun cut master 51  syncro 250 other stuff " take a dog off the street and make him prosper and he will not bite you sad the same cannot be said for man" i didnt use punctuation just to piss you off
Reply:My auto-dimming mask comes in sometime this week.  I hate welding blind with a standard mask.  I know that not red != not hot.   I made that mistake a few times by now, so I know smoking gloves means put the metal down. I also welded the cutting deck on my dad's John Deere, but I burned through it in one spot.