Ballvalve
General Engineering Contractor
A wire feed Mig/Tig welder will not even come close, when it comes to steel, and a rod in the field. Gas blows away from the nozzle, and does no good.
Stick welders have a hard time welding aluminum.
Got to have the proper shielding gas.
Rosie and Rob the welders built all those Liberty ships with 3 phase stick welders [have one from 1940 still working] look like little torpedos. Damn ships are still sailing. Out of all the thousands, only one was said to break in half in a big storm.