Thank you for the warm welcome and positive comments, Jan!
- best regards, mw

Thank you so very much Frank. I appreciate your comments, and everyones as this was the first experience using the very touchy 20 gauge, and took every bit of skill (and patience) these inexperienced hands could muster! All the best - mw

Nelson - you're most gracious, thank you! I have been amazed at this group's incredible comments, particularly given the member's skill level I've seen exhibited. Also because this piece was rejected by all four sculpture competitions to which it was submitted. The 20-gauge is a bit too touchy for me - I had trouble with burn through more than once, even turning the heat way down. I think I'll go back to my heavier gauge steels where I'm confortable! - margo

Hi Margo,
When MIG welding thin sheet, I found success by developing a technique using very short pulses spaced along the length of the joint.Then I fill in with more short pulses always placing the wire on the leading edge of the existing weld bead. It takes time, but seems to work.If I get burn through, I turn down the welder and fill in the boo boo.I turn the welder back up after I fix the hole, as there seems to be a monster caterpillar resulting, otherwise. I will stop and grind down the too high bead before proceeding. Copper sheet held under the weld target works if things are conveniently flat, but that seems to be a rare opportunity.
Frank