[pwdcougar]

Right now I just want to get to the point where I'm comfortable welding in the patch panels on my Suburban. Continuous welding on heavier metal is something where I can lay down a respectable bead.

On this piece I cut it apart and welded it back together. Welds 1,2 & 3 are butt welds using Harbor Freight butt welding clamps. Welds 4 & 5 are lapped. I used a flanging tool to create the lap.

On all of the welds they were tacked at 4 points. I used single bursts to add to each of the tacks never doing more than two bursts in a row. If the metal felt hot I took a break for a few minutes. By weld 5 I thought I was starting to get the hang of it. On the two lapped welds I increased the heat setting a little bit from auto set.

Oh and my gas pressure is set at 18.

Thanks for the tips and comments.

Paul