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A friend expressed an interest in learning to weld. I am writing this to give an introduction to welding for people like her. It is also a place to ca...
If you buy a new welder, it will come with a thin manual that covers safety, some mechanical information about the welder, and a few basic welding pro...
A friend discovered I wanted to learn to weld. He had been promoted to a desk job and no longer used his oxy-acetylene equipment. He brought it to my ...
A gas welder can cut steel, heat steel for bending as if it were a piece of soft wire, and weld or braze. A stick welder is more limited in its appli...
Electric welding rods produce fumes. Welding fumes are not good to breathe. Have a fan nearby. Be near an open garage door. Galvanized steel also make...
Actual welding takes very little time. It is the getting ready to weld that takes the time. You can probably get away with welding pieces of 1/8 inch ...
A good ground connection is necessary to making a good weld. Ground clamps that come with welders from the factory are often barely adequate, and they...
See the Instructable already linked in step 5, unless you already viewed it there. It shows some welding on heavy stock well beyond the normal capabil...
Sometimes you will need to weld while kneeling or crouching. Most of the time you will be standing. You want a steady hand. When possible, you may wan...
We naturally jump back when sparks begin to fly and we hear electrical popping noises. One of the hardest things at first is to remain steady when the...
Your welder's manual will include a chart for setting the heat (amperage) range for the thickness of the metal you are welding. If you are using a wir...
Hold the electrode (rod) at about a 75 degree angle to the work surface. What follows applies to stick, flux core, and MIG welding. A very common e...
Heat distortion is always a problem with welding. You are laying down hot, molten steel. When it cools, it contracts. One of the most difficult tasks ...
Most of my welding involves mild steel. Occasionally I encounter something made of cast iron. Its molecular structure is quite different from steel. W...
A keeper restricts exposure to humidity by the electrodes or rods. Commercial keepers are available for a very reasonable price. I had some extra PVC ...
As said before, much of what applies to stick welding practices also applies to welding with a wire feed unit. A steady hand, the correct angle of the...
Most often practice and more practice is advised to learn to keep the arc on the joint line. I made a small discovery that helps me keep the arc on t...
Most often I use my wire feed welder to weld small pieces together with a spot or a tack. It is easy to point the gun at the exact spot where the weld...
This book is for women who want to express their own artistry in metal. The author uses a MIG welder and components she has found in a scrapyard or cu...
A wire feed welder would be too complicated to make at home, but, over the years people have published articles on how you can build your own stick ar...
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