6010 Root Tips - 2g Plate at GA Trade School 

you deserve sir

Congrats on the I Mil subscribers Jody, NO ONE I can think of has done so much to utilize social media to educate people and get them interested in welding as you have IMHO. Many happy returns and best wishes on hitting the 2 mil mark!👆👆💪💪

You’re the man👍🍻

Do 3g

Jah! Best teacher!💥

Thanks 👍

Look up Phillips Safety Products. I use the standard gold lens shade 11 or 10 depending on what process I’m using. They have several different styles to choose from and all are great. Wins Lens is also chosen by a lot of people; however, for me that color isn’t comfortable for my eyes. Lots of folks love it though. Hope this helps. Oh and change your clear lens frequently. I change mine first thing in the morning then after lunch and if something hurts it that interferes with my site picture I’ll change it then too.

Depends on how close you are, if you're close and can't see maybe look into cheater lenses. Also make sure you're cleaning spatter off the outside and inside lenses. I weld about an arms distance away so I sometimes have trouble seeing, messing with the angle of the rod/torch and your head might help too. Hey, its common sense but sometimes we forget, I am embarrassed how long it took me to figure out I can weld either way not just away from me. As for hoods, any modern cheap autodark, miller, Lincoln, even Vulcan and Chicago electric from harbor freight. Saw a bunch in the shipyard I worked.

Speaking of Cheater Lenses. Tom Waters actually will make your glasses prescription into a set of cheaters that’ll go in your hood. Some of my buddys use them and really speak well about them. Hope all this helps everyone is sending you some good ideas.

Yep That sounds awful thin. Usually a bend test is 3/8ths thickness. Maybe they are trying to save on material. You really have to run on that root pass. Keep the voltage lower too.

@@rhd42 this is just one of several methods.i have other videos showing what you describe

@@weldingtipsandtricks That's great, I'll watch those too, but the question remains. Drag vs Dig and Fill. Why choose one over the other?

Let me guess, you’re a rig welder. Why don’t you make video and show us all how it’s done.

Maybe because welding pipe can pay up to twice as much as welding structural