Description
Your comprehensive handbook to successful welding!
Learn hands-on welding to start repairing and creating metal equipment and structures
Over 400 step-by-step photos of welding processes and the differences between good and bad welds
Detailed sections describing specific types of welds, equipment, common faults, troubleshooting, and more
All major types of welds are covered, including arc, MIG, gas, TIG, and plasma cutting
Avoid common mistakes and correct them, with welding problems laid out section by section along with solutions
Tips and suggestions help beginners improve and intermediate operators broaden their technique
Go beyond metal with advice that extends into the wider workshop such as on drills, cutting threads, and basic blacksmithing
Welding is a valuable skill and almost anyone can learn to weld, cut, or shape metal. That’s the starting point for this completely updated, supremely practical, and informative resource which, through tips, suggestions, and fault finding, helps the first timer improve and the intermediate welder expand their technique.
The detailed sections inside Farm and Workshop Welding describe all the major types of welds, beginning with basic practices then progressing into trickier methods. You’ll find descriptive explanations, helpful visuals, step-by-step directions, and expert suggestions. With this comprehensive guide, you’ll learn everything you need to know, from arc welding, TIG welding, MIG welding, and gas welding to plasma cutting, soldering, and welding plastic.
The ideal reference for the farm, home workshop, school workshop, blacksmith shop, or auto shop, this book takes you beyond welding metals and plastics to advice that extends into the wider workshop with chapters on drills, cutting threads, and basic blacksmithing. Author and experienced welding instructor Andrew Pearce gets you started with tips and suggestions, lays out pitfalls and common mistakes section by section, and then offers constructive advice to help you to avoid or correct them. Useful if you’re stumped by a problem!
More than 400 photographs and illustrations demonstrate welding processes and show the differences between good welds and bad welds. Clear, concise, easy-to-read text gets straight to the point, taking any confusion or frustration out of learning the processes. This Third Revised Edition contains new chapters on general welding skills and understanding metals, expanded information on abrasives, and a bonus section of four step-by-step projects and plans featuring accessories like a DIY steel table, fire pit, and welding cart.
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. Discover everything you need to know to learn hands-on welding, and start repairing and creating metal equipment and structures, with 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
Absolutely one of the coolest books ive ever purchased… theres really nothing like this out there on the internet let alone in someones book case. With how informational this book is, i wish i could’ve bought it sooner. It has grinding specifications, mig specs, tig specs, stick specs, little tricks you can do as a fabricator/welder, and even more. It offers both common since and elaborate information in this book. PICTURES are in the book as well!!! So for someone like me who can’t read a sentence to save my life, the pictures really draw out what they are describing. The amount of tricks i could’ve used from this book as a fabricator is actually insane. Please buy this book if you weld/fabricate for a hobby or career. Either way this book is SO convenient to have.
I like all the welding subjects covered in this book, if you are a home or hobby welding. This will get you started on safety, cutting, abrasives, project builds, mig, tig, arc, solder, oxy. It has some good project ideas.
Good overview for beginners
Great content,easy to understand.. I’ll be wearing out the pages on this book.
Needed a book with essentials of welding and was pleasantly surprised with additional info about taps and drill sharpening. Highly recommend this to a beginner or intermediate skill levels.