Welding is a skill that any do-it-yourself enthusiast needs in his or her arsenal.
How to Weld
is the perfect introduction for newbies and an excellent refresher for veteran welders—a work so comprehensive that most readers won’t need any further instruction.
In
, a bestselling installment in the
Motorbooks Workshop series
, AWS-
certified welding instructor
Todd Bridigum thoroughly describes process and art of fusing metals, including:
Tools and equipment
commonly used
T
ypes of metals
and their weldability
Welding techniques
Shop and site s
afety
Types of joints
In addition, all popular types of welding variants are covered, including
gas welding
, shielded metal arc (or
stick
) welding, gas metal arc welding (
MIG
), gas tungsten arc welding (
TIG
), brazing,
soldering
, and even metal cutting. Each skills section concludes with a
series of exercises
, each illustrated with captioned sequential
color photography
, to fully explain and detail the techniques learned.
Mechanics, automotive enthusiasts, farmers, metalworkers, and other DIYers who can’t bond metal can’t make repairs and they can’t create—in short, they can’t do much of anything except bolt together pre-made parts. With this thorough and completely illustrated all-color tutorial  by an experienced college-level instructor, readers can get on the path fabricating and fixing metals on their own.
How To Weld
is the only book about welding they'll ever need. The
covers topics that engage and interest auto and motorcycle enthusiasts. Written by subject-matter experts and illustrated with step-by-step and how-it’s-done reference images, Motorbooks Workshop is the ultimate resource for how-to know-how.