Welding for Beginners: Learn Everything You Need to Know to Weld, Cut, and Shape Metal in Your Home Studio...

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Stephen Blake Christena

Welding for Beginners

Learn Everything You Need to Know to Weld, Cut, and Shape Metal in Your Home Studio

Stephen Blake Christena

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New Shoe Press
27 September 2022

Metals technology & metallurgy; Automotive (motor mechanic) skills; Decorative wood & metalwork

Series: New Shoe Press

Learn to weld, step by step, with this beginner’s guide.

Welding for Beginners, adapted from Stephen Blake Christena’s Learn to Weld, has culled the absolute basics that are required to build a successful welding hobby and illustrated them in these pages. Both practical and inspiring, this book teaches you the basic equipment you will need, setting up your work area, techniques for beginners with project ideas for practicing your skills, dos and don’ts, and welding safety.

If you are inexperienced and want to start out strong—whether working in a home workshop, school workshop, blacksmith shop, or auto shop—this is the perfect reference. The projects illustrate the basic foundation techniques that every welder needs to know, while also helping you tackle problems and fix mistakes as well as shortcuts and level ups. Photographs and illustrations teach welding and clear, concise, easy-to-read text takes all the confusion out of the learning the processes.

This easy-to-use book includes:

Welding techniques for simple practical repairs and small artisan home projects

Safety and protective gear

Workshop set-up plans

Basic equipment and upkeep

Basic welding types, including arc and MIG

Common mistakes and troubleshooting

Instructive photos showing process details for successful results

Tons of quick tips and welding hacks to give beginners a strong foundation to improve upon

Three step-by-step projects: a cube, welding table, and long table

Get welding!

By: Stephen Blake Christena
Imprint: New Shoe Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 191mm,
Weight: 499g
ISBN: 9780760379769
ISBN 10: 0760379769
Series: New Shoe Press
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 27 September 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction CHAPTER 1 WELDING: START HERE How Welding Works The Arc The Filler Metal Flux and Shielding Gas The Ground Spatter Why Learn MIG Welding? Buying Tools and Equipment CHAPTER 2 GETTING STARTED Your Studio Electrical Ventilation and Lighting Studio Layout Safety and Protective Gear First Aid Sparks Are Flying Protective Gear Equipment and Tools The Chop Saw The Angle Grinder The Welder Other Cutting Tools CHAPTER 3 SELECTING, BUYING, AND PREPPING YOUR METALS 56 Hot Roll vs. Cold Roll Filler Material Decorative Options Buying Metal How to Order Preparing Your Metal Let’s Prep CHAPTER 4 HOW IT WORKS Technique The Puddle Stance and Comfort Vision Hand Position Angle of the Gun Heat vs. Thickness Clamps and Tacking Exercise 1: The Draw CHAPTER 5 THE BASICS Basic Joints Technique Exercise 1: Butt Joints Exercise 2: Corner (or Fillet) Welds The Rest of the Joints Corner Joints Lap Joints The Edge Joint Exercise 3: Jigs Other Welding Situations and Positions Vertical Welding Cross Body Welding CHAPTER 6 PROJECTS Project 1: The Cube Project 2: The Welding Table Project 3: The Runner Glossary Resources About the Author Index

Stephen Blake Christena is the owner of Midwest Metal Works in Chicago, IL. MW2 offers custom fabrication services and a learning center for hobbyists interested in MIG welding. Christena teaches small-size courses designed to cover the basics and explore students’ projects and interests. He is also a spokesman for Miller welding equipment. Originally from Flint, Michigan, Christena moved to Chicago in 1998 after graduating from Western Michigan University with a degree in art. During his time at WMU, his primary focus was directed toward metal sculpture, photography, and painting. He opened his first custom metal sculpture studio in August of 1998. His studio’s website is midwestmetalworks.org.