The geniuses that work wonders each week on Monster Garage shape-shift cars, trucks, boats, and buses into fantastic machines that slog through swamps, float under hot air balloons, and even navigate shark-infested waters. One of the key techniques used to create these mind-bending vehicles is to bond molten metal?or to weld. In How To Weld Damn Near Anything, the techniques used on the show are laid out in clear, simple terms. Beginning with how to select welding equipment through advanced techniques such as MIG welding and plasma cutting, this book will teach the average gearhead how to bond metal in his or her garage.
TABLE of CONTENTS:
Chapter 1 Comparing welding processes: TIG, MIG, and oxyacetylene.
Chapter 2 Shopping for welding equipment.
Chapter 3 Fitting and cleaning.
Chapter 4 Jigging.
Chapter 5 TIG welding 4130 steel tubing.
Chapter 6 TIG welding aluminum and magnesium.
Chapter 7 MIG welding steel and stainless steel.
Chapter 8 MIG welding aluminum and magnesium.
Chapter 9 Gas welding steel and stainless steel.
Chapter 10 Gas welding aluminum.
Chapter 11 Plasma cutting.
Chapter 12 Shielded metal arc welding.
Chapter 13 Welding shop safety.
Appendix A Welding supplies: rods, wires, fluxes.