![]() ![]() I have a few of books from Lincoln that are pretty good. But even though welding is hands-on, I find that I continue to refer to books for info that I either never really committed to memory or just for ideas for doing something better. Pictures in the books looked as if they had been populated by a bunch of professional models that had no idea what they were supposed to do. I wasn't happy with any of my text books or with the materials that came along with them. I still have one that had a copyright in the 1950's. When I was getting my training (in the 80's) we used books from the dark ages (some 35 years old at that point, but that may be a testiment to my school). However, I was mainly interested in getting a discussion going about weldor's opinions on books as sources of info, both general and specific. I'm not sure where they found it, but it has a lot of excellent and very specific details on all the welding and cutting processes that I know of, including the less common ones. One of the best references I've seen thus far is the technical section in the catalog of one of the local distributors, Arc Gas Products. He seemed to gloss over the whole topic which is odd, given that the process is still popular among the EAA types. Given that his book has a lot of details about welding airframes out of 4130, I looked into it for some tips on OA welding the other day. He also casts MIG in a harsh light when it's apparent that he's not heavily involved in the process. It's pretty light on information and it's obvious that he's in love with TIG welding 4130 steel. I've also got one of Richard Finch's books. Othere than weld prep, I don't really see much information on fabrication. I'm interested in the other book by the same publisher, "Welding Fabrication and Repair" for fitting and fabrication techniques. Most of the information is phrased as a question. It has a lot of good info, but it is annoyingly written. The books can get you going in the right direction as far a machine set-up, weld area prep, and technique but until I got in the shop and ran some beads it did not mean much to me.Īre there any specific topics you are looking for? It was pretty interesting to see how those joints where figured out mathmaticly.īooks are great for refernce but welding is a hands on activity. During the pipe welding class we had a book for laying out offsets, elbows, etc. I think I paid $60.00 for one used and then they went to a new text and I paid $105.00 for that one. ![]() They where recently published and had good pictures and graphics. I took a few classes from the local college the past 2 years and the text books I had to purchase where decent. It just depends what specifics you are looking for. Welder's Handbook by Richard Finch and Modern Welding by Althouse are not bad. The Miller Electric site has a good educational package. ![]()
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