Pocket Welding Guide - A Guide to Better Welding

Known as the “Welder’s Bible”, this book covers a wide variety of subjects that are essential for the student or beginner and will be of interest to the veteran welders, draftsmen, instructors, supervisors, foremen, technicians, and engineers. This newly updated edition features overviews of all welding processes, examples of good and bad weld beads, causes and cures of common welding problems, and guidelines for the identification of metals and calculating filler metal consumption. Additional topics found in the book include oven storage and reconditioning of filler metals, welding symbols, shielding gases and their uses, AWS filler metal classifications and comparative indices, GMAW welding parameter, complete listing of filler metals with operating ranges, filler metal selector guide for welding ASTM steels, troubleshooting guides for semiautomatic wire and equipment, welding terms and definitions, metric conversion tables, and more.
Content:
Front Matter
• Introduction
• Table of Contents
1. Welding & Cutting Processes
2. 5 Essentials for Good Welding
3. Examples of Good and Bad Beads
4. Common Welding Problems: Causes and Cures
• 5. Check-Points for Quality Welding
6. Types of Joints
7. Welding Positions
8. Welding Symbols
9. General Welding Safety
• 10. Welding Metals
11. Steel Available for Welding
• 12. Identification of Metals
• 13. Typical Preheat for Various Metals
• 14. AISI-SAE Designation System for Carbon and Alloy Steels
15. Cost Saving Hints
16. 8 Factors to Consider When Selecting Electrodes
17. Metal Cored Wire
• 18. Oven Storage and Reconditioning of Filler Metals
• 19. How to Calculate Filler Metal Consumption
• 20. Shielding Gases and Their Uses
21. AWS Electrode Classifications & Comparative Indices
22. Hobart Filler Metals
• 23. Filler Guide for Welding Aluminum
• 24. Filler Metal Selector Guide for Welding ASTM Steels
• 25. Welding Terms and Definitions
• 26. Metric Conversion Tables
27. HIWT Training & Certification Services
• 28. HIWT Training Materials
Index