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Practical Welding Today November/December 2012
The Welder, formerly known as Practical Welding Today, is a showcase of the real people who make the products we use and work with every day. This magazine has served the welding community in North America well for more than 20 years.
Aluminum Workshop: Welding steel to aluminum—Is it feasible?
- By Frank Armao
- Nov 19, 2014
- Aluminum Welding
- Article
Can you weld steel to aluminum? This is a common question in fabrication that our experts address. Learn more about welding steel to aluminum here.
Consumables Corner: Longitudinal cracking: A check list for prevention
- By Nino Mascalco
- Jun 18, 2014
- Consumables
- Article
Q: We are welding several fabricated parts made from A514 (T1) steel using an AWS A5.29, 3/32-in-dia. E110 FCAW electrode. On one particular part we are experiencing longitudinal weld cracking. The structure is a 4-in. plate with a square cut out of the center and a 1.5-in. plate welded back in its...
Arc Welding 101: Qualified or not?
- By Paul Cameron
- Apr 30, 2014
- Arc Welding
- Article
Q: I'm working with a company whose welders are certified on A36 plate with 0.045 solid wire. They have taken the test in a vertical-down progression using GMAW in globular transfer mode. They took it on 1-in. plate, single V-groove with backing. The company they want to do work for wants them...
Burning the torch on both sides
- By Amanda Carlson
- Nov 14, 2012
- Oxyfuel Cutting
- Article
For a project involving structural columns made of 4-in. plate, Owen Steel Co. Inc., Columbia, S.C., had two choices when it came to cutting difficult transition bevels. First, it could use a manually guided track torch system and bevel one side of the plate at a time, which would open the door to distortion. Or second, it could find a mechanized cutting system that would allow both sides of the plate to be beveled simultaneously.
One man’s artisTIG endeavors
- By Amanda Carlson
- Nov 5, 2012
- Arc Welding
- Article
When he’s not TIG welding at his “normal” job, career welder and metal artist Roger King uses his skills with a TIG torch to create metal sculptures.
The blends that bind
- By Randy Dull
- Nov 5, 2012
- Arc Welding
- Article
Shielding gases do more than just protect the weld from atmospheric contamination. The gas and gas blends you use also influence the weld profile and the weld bead shape. Also, for an arc to occur in gas metal arc welding (GMAW), an ionized gas must be present to carry the charge.
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- The Fabricator Podcast
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- 04/30/2024
- Running Time:
- 53:00
Seth Feldman of Iowa-based Wertzbaugher Services joins The Fabricator Podcast to offer his take as a Gen Zer...
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