Welding
National Welding Month?
I can’t seem to find out if the National Welding Month is an April fools joke or not. The earliest record I can find is from 1994 when the New York Times News Service reports about a book called “Chase’s
TIG Welding – First Results

Well to be honest these are not my first results but the first ones that I was not too ashamed to publish. Here’s the welder and the thermalite and slab of steel I’ve been using as a mini welding table.
TIG Welding thoughts on grinding tungstens

I’ve been reading a little on preparing the tungstens for TIG welding (GTAW). The tungsten in your TIG welder is a critical component and the correct grinding will affect the ease of use and the quality of your weld. Most
Selecting a welder – TIG vs MIG
Since attending the welding evening class, I’ve been saving up for my own welding machine. To help make a decision, I’ve been reading a variety of books such as Performance Welding I also found a video from Andy Fogarty the
Destructo Iron Works

I’ve been following twitter for some months now and have met some interesting metal workers and welders on there. One of them Chris from Destructo Iron Works has spared the time for an interview. Workshopshed: Hi Chris, can you tell
TIG Welding
TIG Welding (Tungsten Inert Gas) or GTAW (Gas Tungsten Arc Welding) uses an electric current to generate an arc between the work and a tungsten electrode. A gas is used to shield the joint from oxidisation. Typically this is the
Welding Week 7

Following some videos and discussion of the sculptures of Sir Anthony Caro Richard Wilson, I got cracking with MIG welding my flea scuplture.During the week I’d ground down some of the joints so I could re-weld them as double-v butt