Welder's Handbook: A Guide to Plasma Cutting, Oxyacetylene, ARC, MIG and TIG Welding, Revised and Updated

by Richard Finch

Overview

A newly-updated, state-of-the-art guide to MIG and TIG arc welding technology.

Written by a noted authority in the field, this revised edition of HP's bestselling automotive book-for over 20 years-is a detailed, instructional manual on the theory, technique, equipment, and proper procedures of metal inert gas (MIG) and tungsten inert gas (TIG) welding.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781557885135
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	02/21/2007
Edition description:	Revised Edition
Pages:	160
Sales rank:	206,312
Product dimensions:	8.53(w) x 10.90(h) x 0.33(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Richard Finch, a certified welder and former consultant to NASA, has written several books on welding, including Welder’s Handbook: A Guide to Plasma Cutting, Oxyacetylene, ARC, MIG and TIG Welding and Performance Welding Handbook.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION V
1 METAL BASICS & HEAT CONTROL 1
2 WELDING, BRAZING & CUTTING 8
3 WELDING EQUIPMENT 16
4 WELDING SAFETY 24
5 FITTING & JIGGING 31
6 CLEANING BEFORE WELDING 44
7 GAS WELDING & HEAT FORMING 48
8 TORCH CUTTING 69
9 GAS BRAZING & SOLDERING 76
10 ARC WELDING 82
11 MIG WELDING 94
12 TIG WELDING 105
13 PLASMA CUTTING & WELDING 123
14 SPECIAL WELDING PROCESSES 128
15 WELDING RODS, WIRES & FLUXES 136
16 WELDING PROJECTS 145
17 WELDING CERTIFICATION & TRAINING 155
GLOSSARY 161
INDEX 165