Teaching yourself to stick weld

[Tony Wells]

I had a terrible time learning to MIG.....kept feeding the tip into the puddle! My maternal grandfather was a welder, and taught me to stick when I was 12. Rather MIG nowadays. Too lazy. And out of practice. Last job I did with a stick was some 16g sheet belt guards for gas compressors. Hated it, but was all that was available at the time.