Jamie, Author at Garage Weld

My Stick Welder Settings Chart (Dialed-In by Rod)

Getting the right stick welder settings can feel like a guessing game if you don’t have a solid reference in […]

After spending years burning rod on everything from shop rails to long pipeline runs, one question I hear nonstop at

Stepping onto a pipeline job quickly makes one thing clear — this isn’t everyday shop welding. When people ask what

After spending years burning rods topside and talking shop with commercial divers, one question keeps coming up whenever underwater welding

Setting up a welder in my garage was one of the best decisions I ever made, but I’ll admit —

Learning how to remove zinc coating from galvanized steel is something I had to figure out early on, especially when

If your Lincoln welder wire feed motor isn’t working, it’s one of the most common issues welders run into, whether

One of the biggest lessons learned in the shop was how much welding rod size and amperage really control the

Every welder knows the struggle of trying to tack out a project on a wobbly workbench or an old, cramped

After running plenty of TIG welds on everything from thin stainless to heavier steel, it became clear that argon usage