Real-world welding guides for the home shop — MIG, TIG, stick, and everything in between.
The core difference is construction. Solid wire (ER70S-6) is a bare steel rod that needs an external shielding gas. Flux-core (E71T) is a hollow tube packed with flux...
Welding out of position means fighting gravity, which constantly pulls your molten puddle downward. The fix is heat control. Vertical-up (traveling bottom to top) gives deep penetration on...
MIG wire diameter sets the amperage range you can run and the metal thickness you can weld. 0.023 inch is the thin-sheet specialist (about 30-90 amps), 0.030 inch...
Run by Kenny Nyhus Fadil. Welding at home for several years, currently working out of a small home shop. I got tired of sorting through generic, SEO-spam advice trying to figure out settings for my machine.
This site is built differently. It burns enough rod to keep the advice honest. No fluff, no fake tests. Just real-world techniques that work.
Full Story →