I've really been slacking off on my practice lately. I moved into a new position at work recently that has my stress and time maxed out. Tonight I had it all planned out. the wife was going to her friends "food of the month selling party thing" or something, so I was home with my son who is asleep by 7:30. I had received a bunch of good clean 1/8" aluminum scrap cut off's from a sheetmetal shop, I had a fresh tank of gas, a brand new 1/8" gold tungsten, a couple lengths of 5/32 40403 rod, a baby monitor just in case and a couple good hours to kill. I was EXCITED to sit back down at my table and run some beads.



but I got nothing. I couldn't run beads for whatever reason tonight. I feel worse than starting from scratch. I haven't welded aluminum since spring and I'm paying for it. tomorrow, I will be putting together a list of supplies I need and ordering up a restock. If I'm going to practice, I'm going to do it with enough supplies to change things up and keep going!

even worse was when I switched back to steel to make myself feel better I swapped the cables around but forgot to flip the ac/dc switch. took me a full minute before I figured that out. what a putz! I cut my losses and called this session a bust!

next time I'll get it.