How to Weld: Tools, Equipment, Techniques, Gas Welding, Brazing, SMAW, GMAW, GTAW

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Welding is a skill every do-it-yourself enthusiast needs in his arsenal. If you can't bond metal, you can't make repairs and you can't create; in short, you can't do much of anything except bolt premade parts together.

How to Weld is both a perfect introduction for beginners and an excellent refresher for veterans. It's a work so comprehensive and so complete that most readers won't need any further instruction—just practice.

In How to Weld, AWS-certified welding instructor Todd Bridigum thoroughly describes the tools and metals commonly used, proper welding techniques, and types of joints.

All popular welding variants are covered, including gas, shielded metal arc welding (or stick), gas metal arc welding (or MIG), gas tungsten arc welding (or TIG), brazing, soldering, and even metal cutting.

Each skill section concludes with a series of exercises, each illustrated with fully captioned sequential photography, to fully illustrate the techniques learned.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• History and Process Overview
• Safety
• General Tools and Equipment for Metal Fabrication
• Types and Properties of Metals
• Joint Designs, Welding Positions, and Discontinuities
• Oxygen, Acetylene, and Other Compressed Gases
• Gas Welding
• Brazing, Braze Welding, and Soldering
• Introduction to Arc Welding
• Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW)
• Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW)
• Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW)
• Cutting Processes
• Fabrication and Additional Exercises
• Resources
• Acknowledgments
• About the Author
• Index

How to Weld is the only book about welding you'll ever need.

How to Weld: Tools, Equipment, Techniques, Gas Welding, Brazing, SMAW, GMAW, GTAW