For a strong and good-looking weld, it’s necessary to keep the weld surface free from any impurities to prevent contaminating your weld. Unfortunately, paint is one of those impurities that can affect your weld quality. Welding on painted materials also puts your health at risk. Whether you’re working on a new metal piece or a … Continue Reading
Welding is one of the most popular trades that people get into. The welding industry has a lot to offer and many benefits for those looking at welding as an occupation. However, trade school options are available if you don’t want to indenture yourself to someone else with an apprenticeship agreement. To choose between a … Continue Reading
For anyone that has recently started welding, it’ll become apparent pretty quickly that there is more than one way to weld. In fact, there are several different types of welding, including MIG, stick, TIG, brazing, and soldering. Furthermore, among those different types of welding, there are also different versions, such as gasless MIG welding. Each … Continue Reading
One of the first things that any new welder learns is that whatever they’re welding, it should be grounded, and if you don’t have it grounded correctly, then your welding quality, your consumables, and your equipment will suffer in the long run. Most commonly, welders are ground by using a clamp that is made of … Continue Reading
If you are frequently welding, whether it be for work, for a hobby, or to repair a broken or damaged item for someone, there’s a good chance that sooner rather than later, you’re going to end up welding overhead or upside down. Unfortunately, we aren’t usually lucky about when and where a component or piece … Continue Reading
Current inflation does not spare shielding gases. So if the cost for welding materials becomes a topic in your welding shop, I compiled an overview about options you can explore to save shielding gas. Checklist for Shielding Gas savings: The following article will dive into a couple more details on this checklist and options. Why … Continue Reading
Learning how to tack weld is the foundation of becoming a great welder or fabricator. Not only that, but when you learn how to tack weld properly with a TIG, MIG, or stick welder, you’re going to make your life a whole lot easier, and your projects are going to come out much better for … Continue Reading
If you have been thinking of getting started in a new career and like the sounds of welding, then here is how to become a welder by a welder! If you enjoy working with your hands and you’re not afraid of confined spaces, working at heights, hot weather, cold weather, and getting completely filthy with … Continue Reading
Making marks on metal is an important part of producing accurate metal work. But unlike wood and other crafting materials, it is not so easy to get a visible line to stay on the surface. You will need to consider what type of metal you are working with, as well as the tools that you … Continue Reading