Welcome to GenuineWelding — straight answers about welding gear and technique. We publish independent equipment reviews, side-by-side comparisons, process guides and project builds, for hobby welders, working fabricators and people learning the trade.
What We Do
Shopping for welding gear is noisy. There are hundreds of near-identical products in every category, thousands of reviews of wildly varying quality, and very little clear guidance on what actually matters. GenuineWelding exists to cut through that. We compare the real specifications, explain the trade-offs in plain language, and say which option suits which kind of work — so you buy once and buy right.
What You’ll Find Here
- Equipment reviews and roundups: welders, plasma cutters, helmets and shop gear put side by side, with duty cycle, power requirements and running costs spelled out.
- Process and technique guides: MIG, TIG, stick and flux-core — setup, settings, filler and gas selection, and how to read a bead to know what to change.
- Troubleshooting: what porosity, undercut, cracking and burn-through actually mean, and the adjustment that fixes each one.
- Project builds: tables, carts, fire pits, gates and trailers, with cut lists and the settings used, sized for a home shop.
How We Research
Our recommendations come from desk research, and we think it’s only fair to be clear about that. For every roundup we compare published specifications across brands and price points, track how models differ within a product line, read verified owner feedback at scale to find the failure patterns that show up after a year of real use — wire feed problems, duty cycle that does not match the sticker, boards that fail out of warranty — and check how each machine holds up against the alternatives at its price.
We do not operate a testing lab, and we don’t claim to. What we offer is careful, thorough comparison research, clearly explained. When we don’t have enough information to make a confident recommendation, we say so rather than filling the gap with guesswork.
A Word on Safety
Welding carries genuine risk: arc eye, metal fume, burns, fire and electric shock. Our guides describe general good practice, not a substitute for training. Anything structural, load-bearing, pressure-retaining or subject to inspection should be welded and certified by someone qualified to do it. We will always say when a job is beyond the scope of a website.
Editorial Independence
GenuineWelding earns affiliate commissions when readers buy through our links. That funding never determines which products we recommend or how we rank them. No brand can pay for placement, a higher position, or a better write-up on this site. If a popular product has a real weakness, we say so — that is the entire value of the site, and we are not trading it for a commission.
Every article is reviewed before publication, and our roundups are revisited as new models are released and older ones are discontinued.
Our Editorial Team
Articles on GenuineWelding are published under the editorial bylines below. Each byline represents a defined coverage area within our editorial team rather than an individual’s professional credentials, and the descriptions explain what that byline covers.
Rafael Salazar is the founder and editor-in-chief of GenuineWelding. He sets the editorial direction across the site’s process, equipment and fabrication coverage, and reviews every buying guide before it publishes. His focus is making sure a recommendation explains the trade-offs and the running costs, not just the ranking.
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Cole Brennan covers MIG, TIG, stick and flux-core — setup, settings, filler and gas selection, and technique. His articles concentrate on what changes between processes, why a bead looks the way it does, and the adjustments that fix it.
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Elliot Chen writes about welders, plasma cutters, helmets and shop equipment. His comparisons focus on duty cycle at realistic amperage, input power requirements, consumable cost over time, and the specifications that manufacturers quote generously.
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Travis Kessler covers metal fabrication and shop projects — layout, cutting, fit-up and assembly order. His build guides are written for a home or single-bay shop rather than a production floor, with the cut lists and settings used.
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Marcus Whitfield writes about welding safety, fume and fire risk, weld inspection and the codes the trade works to. His articles explain what a standard actually requires, how a weld is judged acceptable, and where corner-cutting causes real harm.
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