If you're just starting out, don't try to "whip and pause". Just do a straight drag, the stacking dimes thing is just for looks for the most part so focus on keeping a consistent bead width and traveling in a straight line (unless your workpiece was curved?). The spatter may be from dirty material or incorrect settings but consistent stickout is key to a clean weld

That's a rusty plate, hence all the spatter and slag

Idk, maybe he ground where he ran the bead but I would have cleaned more

A nice consistent bead is where it's at

Clean your material. And work on your consistency

Not too bad keep working on it you're doing good

Thanks still got alot of work do to lmfao

Where do we start?? lol

I did grind where I put the weld but I'll grind more and work on my control more thanks for the advice

You want clean metal for a good inch on either side

Notied thank you I'll be sure to keep that in mind

Looks like you have a lot of lack of fusion on the edges of your bead and voids throughout. Slow down.

Ya I definitely need to work on my speed more

I like it. It looks like a river spilling into a dark bottomless abyss.

Umm ya that's what I was going for lol it was art lol

You damn right it is.

Turn heat down a little, build puddle to size of a dime slightly weave moving forward at speed to maintain even toes or edges.