Welding Articles

General Welding Advice and Topics

• Welding Processes Safety Intro
• Welding Jobs and Your Future
• Welding Jobs Part II
• What Are the Different Types of Welding Rods?
• Basic Welding Terms
• Welding Education
• Don't Make the Welding Inspector Mad!
• Who Makes the Best Welding Machines

Submerged Arc Welding (SAW) Topics

• Advantages and Disadvantages of Fused Bonded and Flux Bonded
• The Submerged Arc Welding (SAW) Process
• Submerged Arc Welding
• Welding Granular Flux
• Variations of the Submerged Arc Welding Process
• Submerged Arc Flux Overview

Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW) Topics

• How to Store Rods Properly…
• Stick Welding and Shielded Metal Arc Welding
• 7018 Rods Part 1
• 7018 Rods Part 2
• Rod Storage 101: An Old Refrigerator with a Light Bulb is not a Rod Oven
• Welding Safety
• Proper Storage of 7018 Rods to Prevent Defects
• Proper Storage of 7018 Rods to Prevent Defects - 2
• Stick Electrodes Overview

Flux-Cored Arc Welding (FCAW) Topics

• What is Flux-Cored Arc Welding?
• Flux-Cored Wire versus Solid Wire
• How Flux-Cored Arc Welding Works
• Flux-Cored Arc Welding Techniques
• Aspects of Flux-Cored Arc Welding

Metal Inert Gas (MIG) Welding

• Mig Welding
• Basic Mig Welding Precedures and References
• Setting Up A Mig Hobby Shop
• Setting Up A Mig Hobby Shop - Part 2
• Tools for a MIG Welding Hobby Shop
• Tools for a MIG Welding Hobby Shop - Part 2
• Tools for a MIG Welding Hobby Shop - Part 3

Topics and Advice for Hobby Shop Welding

• Tips for the Hobby Welders
• Tools for a MIG Welding Hobby Shop
• Tools for a MIG Welding Hobby Shop - Part 2
• Tools for a MIG Welding Hobby Shop - Part 3

Heat Treating and Metallurgical Topics

• Heat Treating Introduction
• Heat Treating- Part 2
• How steel is made…a brief summary of a Blast Furnace
• Metallurgy Defined