Welding is a skill that any do-it-yourself enthusiast needs in his arsenal. If you can't create; in short, you can't do much of anything except bolt premade parts together. How To Weld is both a perfect introduction for beginners and an excellent refresher for veterans. It's a work so comprehensive and so complete that most readers won't need any further instruction - just practice.

In How to Weld, AWS-certified welding instructor Todd Bridigum thoroughly describes the tools and metals commonly used, proper welding techniques, and types of joints. All popular welding variants are covered, including gas, shielded metal arc welding (or stick), gas metal arc welding (or MIG), gas tungsten arc welding (or TIG), brazing, soldering, and even metal cutting. Each skills section concludes with a series of exercises, each illustrated with fully captioned sequential photography, to fully illustrate the techniques learned. How to Weld is the only book about welding you'll ever need.

CONTENTS
Introduction - page 4
History and Process Overview - page 5
Safety - page 10
General Tools and Equipment for Metal Fabrication - page 18
Types and Properties of Metals - page 26
Joint Designs, Welding Positions, and Discontinuities - page 40
Oxygen, Acetylene, and Other Compressed Gases - page 56
Gas Welding - page 69
Brazing, Braze Welding, and Soldering - page 87
Introduction to Arc Welding - page 97
Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW)- page 107
Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) - page 131
Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW) - page 157
Cutting Processes - page 181
Fabrication and Additional Exercises - page 192
Resources - page 204
Acknowledgements - page 204
About the Author - page 205
Index - page 206