09-17-2012, 02:29 PM
I am no welder myself but when my dad was helping my brother learn to weld he talked about drawing tiny V's or C's that connect at alternating points as you weld. This helps give a pretty weld. It looks to me like maybe you were going too fast too but it has been a LONG time since I tried to weld and I was never any good at it. I could get two pieces of metal to stick together and it wouldn't look QUITE like pigeon droppings but it certainly wasn't good. Practice makes perfect and while some people have a natural talent to weld the rest of us have to practice a LOT! Keep at it, it isn't impossible by any means!!
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