Home Mig Welders – How much power do you need?
Depending on what you intend to do and the material you are going to weld will determine the amount of Amperage you are going to need for your projects or jobs. Below in the table is an estimate of what each home welder [...]
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Choosing the correct Welding Helmets
Putting some thought into choosing new welding helmets often poses a few questions, here are some points to make your buying decision easier.
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Welder Helmet Lens
Firstly the lens shade number is often seen as the higher the number the [...]
Mig welding is commonly referred to as gas metal arc welding (GMAW), this type of welding is today the most popular and versatile method of welding. It is used in production and maintenance work and can be applied to heavy engineering, light engineering and construction work to auto body work. For [...]
Learning how to tig weld is similar in a way to oxy-acetylene welding. The work area to be welded is first heated to the point where fusion between the two parts can occur and a filler rod is introduced to help in the process. While on thinner sheet metals a skilled tig [...]
Gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW), known as tungsten inert gas (TIG) welding, is an arc welding process that uses a non consumable tungsten electrode to produce the weld.
The weld area is protected from atmospheric contamination by a shielding gas (usually an inert gas such as argon), and a filler metal such [...]
How To Weld Aluminum
Even if you are experienced in welding steels, learning how to weld aluminum can still be quite a challenge. The oxide coating, lower melting point and high thermal conductivity, can lead to problems unless you know to do through preparation and setting up the equipment.
Learn to Weld [...]
A review of the popular welding manual welding secrets revealed.
There are many reasons why anyone wants to learn to weld, to add credentials for getting a job, for setting up your own business, for artists, farm and home workshop use or perhaps restoring a motor vehicle.
While every ones situation will be different several factors will [...]