Quote Originally Posted by jjue1979 View Post
Good stuff! While I did learn the basics of welding and fabrication early in my maintenance and engineering career, I never got to hone and perfect the skills like this. Every once in a while when I do get to break out the MIG welder, my first few welds are pretty embarrassing due to lack of practice.
You have a real job and it's not welding. Don't be too critical of yourself. I run a few beads when MIG welding myself to get in tune with the wire speed and puddle fluid behavior. I mostly TIG so unless doing thin Stainless speed is not much of a issue.