I found an awesome channel on youtube for beginning arc welders :
http://www.youtube.com/user/ChuckE2009 He seems to know his stuff, and I found out what I am doing wrong. I guess I have done too much mig welding, because I was pushing instead of dragging the puddle, and like some of you guys mentioned, I was going too fast. One more question, I have the welder set at 130-140 amps, and it works for me, but in the videos his was only set at 85-90. Is this a problem? Or is it just because I am using old sticks?
Thanks for all the help!