Can you guys give me some guidance on my 210ext

[christian]

Gee,

That looks great.

Try just putting more tacks by jumping around a lot, and giving little cooling periods often, until you've got tacks at about each 1" or 3/4", which may give enough extra metal deposition to prevent the tendency to burn through or keyhole too much, for an actual bead length.

Then you'll know if you can pull off a semi-continuous seam for a few inches, and if a pulse or back-stepping is called for.

Otherwise, a series of contiguous-looking tacks is an actual technique for body work, even though I've never had a need or opportunity to do any.