Thanks matt I have been practicing alot. Ditching the cord really helped alot. I backed my truck right up against the house and set it up on the tailgate so I could weld without running a cord! I made four tack welds and then cleaned them with a wire wheel then welded them in quadrants. From one tac to the other, flipped it to the opposite side one tack to the other. Then the other 2 the same way.