Welding and Metal Fabrication

This book employs a project-based learning strategy to teach welding skills effectively and keep readers motivated. This groundbreaking new text connects each welding technique to a useful and creative take-home project, making exercises both practical and personal. To further enhance the learning process, every welding project includes a set of prints with specifications, like those used in production fabrication shops. The included projects are small to conserve materials during the learning process, but detailed instructions and abundant photos and illustrations guide readers through a wide range of fabrication skills. Key steps and techniques within the small projects are also linked to larger projects presented at the end of each chapter, enabling you to apply what you have learned by fabricating and welding something more substantial. This thorough, reader-friendly text also covers relevant academics, such as shop math and measurement, and prepares readers for real-world success, documenting time and materials for each project and preparing a detailed invoice.
Content:
Front Matter
• Projects
• Features of the Text
• Preface
• Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Welding Safety
3. Shop Math
4. Reading Technical Drawings
5. Welding Joint Design, Welding Symbols
6. Fabricating Techniques and Practices
7. Welding Shop Practices
8. Shielded Metal Arc Equipment, Setup, and Operation
9. Shielded Metal Arc Welding Plate
10. Shielded Metal Arc Welding Pipe
11. Gas Metal Arc Welding Equipment and Materials
12. Gas Metal Arc Welding
13. Flux Cored Arc Welding Equipment and Materials
14. Flux Cored Arc Welding
15. Gas Tungsten Arc Welding Equipment and Materials
16. Gas Tungsten Arc Welding
17. Oxyfuel Welding and Cutting Equipment, Setup, and Operation
18. Oxyacetylene Welding
19. Soldering, Brazing, and Braze Welding Processes
20. Soldering and Brazing
21. Oxyacetylene Cutting
22. Plasma Arc Cutting
23. Arc Cutting, Gouging, and Related Cutting Processes
24. Other Welding Processes
25. Welding Automation and Robotics
26. Filler Metal Selection
27. Welding Metallurgy
28. Weldability of Metals
29. Welder Certification
30. Testing and Inspecting Welds
• Glossary
Appendices
Index