Look, what yall are not getting is this machine has laid a great looking bead with .045 before. Whether or not it had proper penetration remains to be seen. What I am saying now is it will not even attempt to lay a bead with the .035 wire in it now. It just sputters and turns the wire red. I understand what yall are saying and possibly agree, but something is ******* WRONG with the machine OTHER than having too big a diameter wire. Got it?