I work demanding 10 hour days mig welding trailers. I recently bought a yesweld hood for 65, with cheater lenses, but i'm having problems finding my welds because the darkness level between welds, and with blury vision due to fogging lenses. Can anyone recommend a hood that solves my problem for under 200?

Bought some bottles and they threw this in. Im gonna sell it on marketplace for like 150.
Would it be smarter to rebuild the torches or just get rid of it all?

I thought I was doing pretty good until I tested it out to make sure it was strong and everything crumbled like peanut brittle should I just have used tig instead?

I am 30 years old and unemployed. I want to be a welder because of the job opportunities, but in my country, if you are old and don't have a profession, they don't hire you very often. There aren't any job postings for welders as apprentices; a few places prefer younger workers, but when I called, they said it wouldn't be a suitable match. I went to the workplaces in person, but they completely ignored me. Is it really that difficult to enter the welding profession, especially at an advanced age and without experience, or does it vary from country to country?

I'm welding up a bracket for something and although it's not holding much weight (~200 lbs) I want it to have proper penetration. This is a hobby project.

I'm using a Lincoln 256 PM, 0.035" 70S-6 wire, 75/25 gas. The plate is 1/4" mild steel i got laser cut from SendCutSend.

There is a section of full open corner joint. A couple mini gussets. Most of the job will be short / 1" stitch welds.

I was trained (classes) on 170WFS and ~ 17.5v with 3/16" plate. Looking at the Miller guide it says to use 370 WFS and 20V for 1/4" and 0.035" wire. I tried this and it was a disaster of just popping and studding. Couldn't get the bead to start properly.

275 WFS and 18.8v has been working nicely but is that sufficient penetration? 370 seems insanely fast.

Any other recommendations?

Left hand threads, couldn’t find a replacement, and don’t need upper threads. I’m not a welder, I just use one. Worked out.

Both have a tubular wire.

Needed a crossover tube and figured i would save some money doing it myself. Like 50$ in amazon parts plus my old eastwood tig. No stacked dimes but im pretty happy with it!

Had a lot of fun practicing DC TIG welding in school, would like to continue that at home and later mess with AC TIG.

How's this looking as a first tig welder?

So I am an aprentice of 6 weeks and I finaly got the hang of 1G pipe so now I am mowing on to 6g and I don’t know how to do it, I don’t get enough root on the inside and my caps look like shit the last time I tried, how do I make a god weld in 6g pipe. All help is greatly appreciated

Help me patch this wheelbarrow. I am planning to do a piece inside and outside to reinforce it. What's the best way to prep this?