I had to bust out the big guns and have this guy do some macros to show him. They came out just the way i predicted and he was really surprised. Now he respects my skill and knowledge a bit more and everyone is on the same page.
I could of sworn i posted this allready, but i think i might have done it in the wrong topic.oops It all started when i told him his machine was junk and he thought it was welding fine. I welded with his Linde machine and found that there was a huge gap inbetween the hi and lo settings. His lo setting all the way pegged was just not enough and his bottomed out setting on hi was to hot. So i had maintenance come look at it and i guess they told him it was fine and did not bring him a new machine. I went back over there and welded with it some more cause the welder said it was welding better. This is where the hole running back in the puddle came in to play. I knew it was to cold because everytime i would bring the wire close to the leading edge of the puddle where you get the most penn it would pop and studder, but when you ran the wire back in the puddle it would run fine. I told him this isn't gonna fly and i promise i will get him a machine that runs just as nice and i'll help you set it up. So maintenance came back and told me that the machine does overlap in the high and lo settings and that i don't know what i'm talking about. He said it goes to 27 volts pegged out on lo and 26 volts bottomed out on high. Well, right then flags went up and i told him there's no way in you know where that that thing is running at 27 volts pegged out on lo and it was more like 16.5V or 17V just from how it felt. So he went over to show me and guess how he showed me. He pulled the trigger on the gun and let the wire run and read the volt meter and said see there ya go 27 volts on lo and then he swapped it over to hi and did the same thing. So i said ok now lets do it the right way and i told the welder to grab his hood and weld on some scrap and wow what do ya know 16 volts. I missed it by a half a volt. I know you guys get the picture of the rest of the story so i'll shut up. ;-)
Thank you all for the quick replies and knowledge!!! I read that topic that shane posted and it just amazes me about the hole push/drag topic and what people are taught and what they're told.