Many people do welding work for a living. Welding means pieces of materials are joined together. A welder can join certain metals like steel aluminum, brass, stainless steel, plastic or polymer. Welder also means equipment used for welding process. There are various types of welding like Arc welding, MIG Welding, TIG Welding etc. MIG (Metal [...]
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18 Comments »Arc Welding
July 14th, 2009 admin Arc welding is probably the most easily and readily available welding process on the face of the earth. Just about anyone can get access to an arc welder. Arc welding is also called stick welding, and the technical name for this welding process is manual metal arc welding or MMAW for short. But don’t go [...]
Overview of Metal Inert Gas (MIG) Welding
May 1st, 2009 admin There are many types of welding that are available to learn today and MIG is one of those types. This type of welding dates back to 1940s when it was discovered to weld aluminum and other types of non-ferrous metals. Many people refer to MIG welding as GMAW or gas metal arc welding. Often these [...]
learning to mig weld
March 16th, 2009 admin Learning to mig weld When you’re learning to mig weld you’re going to need to cover a few basic steps first, and they are: Welding safety Preparation Machine set up Installing mig wire Tack welds Torch postion Like anything, safety is paramount. You should always wear thick and heavy clothing such as overalls, a good [...]
Wire Feed Welding Machines
January 7th, 2009 admin Wire feed welding machines are also known as mig welding machines or for short, a mig welder. Regardless of what you call the machine they all have the same basic features. Going by the description of the name, you need to feed wire. As this wire is feeding, electricity melts it and the base metal [...]
Build Your Own Wakeboard Tower Information and Learn About Wakeboarding
November 18th, 2008 admin Tips on how to Build Your Own Wakeboard Tower If you are trying to build your own wakeboard tower so that it is built according to your preferences, then you need the required knowledge. You may always take the help of a specialist to fit a tower to your boat, but you can easily learn [...]
The Art of Arc Welding
October 13th, 2008 admin Welding is used as a fabrication process in every small and large-scale industry. This is an efficient, economical and dependable process of joining two or more parts of metal. The process finds its applications in open air, underwater and outer space. Among the welding processes, arc welding is widely used mainly because of its [...]
Cheap welding helmet
September 2nd, 2008 admin Cheap welding helmet I use a cheap welding helmet all the time. One of the best places to buy a welding helmet is online. I can remember ringing around all the local welding supply shops and asking for prices. I was totally blown away at how much these welding helmets can cost. For someone like [...]
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August 29th, 2008 admin Tack welding is used throughout the welding and fabrication industry. Even the most basic welding jobs at home will require you to do “tack welds”. Fabrication and welding techniques call for the need of tack welding. Manufactured weldments and components require tack welding to hold assemblies and parts together during initial fit up and measuring. [...]
