Picked up a Lincoln 140 and decided to give it a try today on some 16 gauge I had.

My goal is to be able to weld patch panels in 18 - 20 gauge so mastering spot tacks and butt welding in thin stuff is first up. I’ll learn to run a bead later when working on thicker material.

Did a bunch of spot welds and then put down a bunch of tacks to butt weld my test pieces together.

In the area I did some grinding it looks like one piece of metal again.

More practice needed but not too bad for day 1.

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