A thing of beauty is a joy forever, and beauty often takes the form of a perfectly laid welding bead—one that looks like a tall stack of dimes laid on its side. Okay, welding has some practical ...

The instructions presented hereunder are general in nature and apply to all welding processes for tool steels. It should be pointed out that there are several companies who specialise in repair ...

The Weld Bead Inspection (WBI) Tool provides peace of mind for piping systems in the microelectronics, chemical processing, life science, and energy sectors, by assessing the quality of infrared-weld ...

Record any incoming material variation. This included the square tube’s straightness, edge prep (the saw cut quality), as ...

Last month, we presented the basics on setting up a TIG welder as the groundwork for the next few write-ups on actually making things with TIG welding. These TIG welding techniques aren't difficult—it ...

Dynabrade's 4 1/2-in.-diameter depressed-center wheel grinder features a 12,000-rpm, 1-hp air motor for cleaning metal before welding and removing weld beads afterwards. This grinder has a safetylock ...

Last month, in the first of our four-part series, we covered gas welding. This month we'll continue by delving into MIG welding—far and away the most popular welding process used for classic trucks.