Disagree with @ward.tara, phone calls just mean more time wasted talking to people who already ignore you. Let the panic calls roll in, that's where the real money is anyway.

Remember my friend thinking their generator had a weird, pulsing flaw.

Shocking? lol people ignore emails all day.

You said tubes kept burning through. Hold up, you weren't using backing gas? That's asking for trouble on thin material. The gas stops the weld from getting dirty and burning out. Skipping it just makes you redo work, like you found out.