Welding text book

Jun 09, 2007 5 Replies

After making repairs to a trailer some people in the local scout group became interesting in learning to weld and I was asked to teach some classes. The problem is I dont know where to start. I am a hobbist welder who just like taking care of his own jobs and I have probablly forgot at least half of what I ever knew. I figure I can guide some one thrugh a book and maybe learn/ relearn a few things along the way. What would be a good book to start out with. Primarily interested in stick welding be cause that is the type of welders I have.



Jimmie.


Welding Principles and Applications by Jeffus.

There are a few free manuals available on the Net.

Here is the 774 page Army Manual

And here is the 194 page Navy manual

There are a few more good ones on that site

Just for fun, here is the Navy Underwater Welding manual

This was just what I needed and I got some great bookmarks for other info too.

Jimmie

Gibson's "Practical Welding" UK book, should be available from the usual US suppliers though. Good hands-on style and it covers a useful range of techniques.

Miller has very good, very basic info on stick and mig welding available for free on the website (would be a great primer type handout) and Hobart has a great pocket guide pub that is full of useful stuff. (about $6.00) Forney also publishes a great manual for stick welding you can get at most hardware stores for about ten bones, kind of aimed at the farm-repair audience but is great basic info w/ clear illustrations.

The Jeffus book is fantastic, but can be hard to find. Try searching on Powells city of books (portland oregon) for a used copy...

Scouting rounds a guy out!

Good luck!

Utahparx

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