Farm and Workshop Welding: Everything You Need to Know to Weld, Cut, and Shape Metal
Over 400 Step-by-Step Photos to Help You Learn Hands-On Welding and Avoid Common Mistakes
Farm and Workshop Welding is your practical handbook for welding on the farm or in your home workshop, school workshop, blacksmith shop, or auto shop:
- Learn hands-on welding and start repairing and creating metal equipment and structures
- Hundreds of step-by-step photographs illustrate welding processes and show the differences between good and bad welds
- Covers all the major types of welds, including arc welding, MIG welding, gas welding, TIG welding, plasma cutting, and more
- Avoid and correct common mistakes and pitfalls as author Andrew Pearce lays out welding problems section by section and teaches you to how to solve each one
- Tips and suggestions help the beginner improve and the intermediate operator broaden their technique
- Go beyond welding metals and plastics with advice that extends into the wider workshop such as on drills, cutting threads, and basic blacksmithing
A comprehensive, visual handbook for welding in the farm, home workshop, school workshop, blacksmith shop, or auto shop. Almost anyone can weld, cut, or shape metal.
That's the starting point for this supremely practical book which helps the beginner to improve and the intermediate operator to broaden their technique. Its 10 sections describe all the major types of welds before progressing into trickier methods. With this comprehensive guide, you'll understand everything you need to know, from arc, TIG, MIG, and gas welding to plasma cutting, soldering, welding plastics, and more. Beyond welding metals and plastics, advice extends into the wider workshop with chapters on drills, cutting threads, and basic blacksmithing. Filled with helpful visuals and photography, detailed explanations, expert suggestions, and step-by-step directions, author and experienced welding instructor Andrew Pearce also lays out common pitfalls and mistakes, and how to avoid or correct them.
Hundreds of step-by-step photographs illustrate welding processes and show the differences between good welds and bad welds. Clear, concise, easy-to-understand text takes any confusion or frustration out of learning the processes.
Whether you're a complete beginner or an experienced welder who wants to learn more, Farm and Workshop Welding provides a wealth of useful shop-tested advice. You'll discover everything you need to know to learn hands-on welding, and start repairing and creating metal equipment and structures.
Inside you'll find practical instructions for:
- Cast Iron Welding
- Pipe Welding
- Hardfacing
- Soldering
- Welding Plastics
- Metal Identification
- Welding Safety
- Workshop Techniques
- Drill Sharpening
- Taps and Dies
- Basic Blacksmithing
| Weight | 1.333750 |
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| Pages | 160 |
| Size | 8.5" x 11" x .38" |
| Author | Andrew Pearce |
| Author | Andrew Pearce |
| Region | United States |
| Subscription Length | 1 Years |
