Baby Grand
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Hey, this stick v. mig thing is getting personal & pointless. I've used both and they both have their strong suits. Personally, I prefered using stick equipment when the job allowed, but I burned a lot of wire, too.
Learned welding at The New England Welding Institute about 30 years ago & worked in the trade for a few years before going into engineering. Before engineering I welded oil field and lumber truck bodies, OEM vacuum tanks for the dry cleaning industry, commercial oil and gas fired furnaces and burner assemblies for ships and hospitals. Another job was building 24' roll-off dumpster bodies for the waste carting industry. My last welding gig was fabricating "ammusements" for the haunted house industry - the pay was laughable, but it was one of the most enjoyable jobs I've ever had.
The important thing I learned from these jobs is that there's as many "right" ways to weld a seam as there are creative weldors. Pick the process you like and that works for you and let others do likewise.
-Jim
Putting the puddle to the metal since 1978.
Learned welding at The New England Welding Institute about 30 years ago & worked in the trade for a few years before going into engineering. Before engineering I welded oil field and lumber truck bodies, OEM vacuum tanks for the dry cleaning industry, commercial oil and gas fired furnaces and burner assemblies for ships and hospitals. Another job was building 24' roll-off dumpster bodies for the waste carting industry. My last welding gig was fabricating "ammusements" for the haunted house industry - the pay was laughable, but it was one of the most enjoyable jobs I've ever had.
The important thing I learned from these jobs is that there's as many "right" ways to weld a seam as there are creative weldors. Pick the process you like and that works for you and let others do likewise.
-Jim
Putting the puddle to the metal since 1978.