intro to welding books

[dennis leary]

Anyone have any suggestions about a good book for beginning welding? Or is a course the best way to go? Thanks.

 

[Arc weld]

A course would be the best because you can't hear or see what's happening in a book. Also having an experienced welder right there can show you simple things that will improve your welding ten fold. Lincoln has some good books at a very reasonable price if you buy directly from their website. There's a lot of good books on welding though. The Monster garage book on how to weld darn near anything by Jessie James has accurate info in it.

 

[R W]

Try to watch someone who can weld through another shield and get a basic idea on striking an arc and running a bead.
Arc Welding Lessons for School and Shop (A Lincoln Publication) would be a good start.

 

[Baby Grand]

Reading up on welding is great, and Lincoln puts out some great instructional books.
But I also took a class at a small welding school many years ago - 1978 to be exact.
The instructor, who had worked as an underwater welder, could tell from another room what I was doing wrong from the sound of my welding.
You just can't get that kind of help from a book - and let me tell you the first few hours of arc welding were very frustrating for me.
The instructor's help encouraged me to stick with it and made the learning much faster.

 

[FredH]

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[flusher]

Anyone have any suggestions about a good book for beginning welding? Or is a course the best way to go? Thanks.

Watching is better than reading. Start with YouTube videos on the type of welding you're trying to learn. I learned quite a bit from welding videos like these

Instructional Welding Videos

Hanging around a welding shop is very helpful. Taking a welding course is highly recommended if you can find one in your neighborhood.

When all is said and done, you just have to burn rod and develop the necessary hand/eye coordination that's needed for successful welding. Practice, practice, practice and after burning your first 100 lb of rod, you'll be laying down pretty good beads.

Good luck.

 

[roadhunter]

Richard Finch has some good ones.
The Welders handbook is really good.
Welder's Handbook, RevisedHP1513: A Guide to Plasma Cutting, Oxyacetylene, ARC, MIG and TIG Welding: Richard Finch: 0075478015139: Amazon.com: Books

Monster Garage version
Monster Garage: How to Weld Damn Near Anything (Motorbooks Workshop): Richard Finch: 9780760318089: Amazon.com: Books

Farm Welding version
The Farm Welding Handbook (Motorbooks Workshop): Richard Finch: 9780760322512: Amazon.com: Books


Also look for you tube videos. Several good ones out there. ChuckE2009 has some good videos on you tube.

 

[cdavid1944]

I took a class at the local community college. Nearly all hands on with 2 excellent instructors. I bought this book to use as a reference because I can't Google from my shop. It's a question and answer book that has been excellent for me.
Welding Essentials: William L. Galvery Jr., Frank B. Marlow: 9780831133016: Amazon.com: Books

 

[dragoneggs]

I have really enjoyed Jody's videos on Weldingtipsandtricks.com. No BS, great video and demonstration.

 

[Big Barn]

Richard Finch has some good ones. The Welders handbook is really good. Welder's Handbook, RevisedHP1513: A Guide to Plasma Cutting, Oxyacetylene, ARC, MIG and TIG Welding: Richard Finch: 0075478015139: Amazon.com: Books Monster Garage version Monster Garage: How to Weld **** Near Anything (Motorbooks Workshop): Richard Finch: 9780760318089: Amazon.com: Books Farm Welding version The Farm Welding Handbook (Motorbooks Workshop): Richard Finch: 9780760322512: Amazon.com: Books Also look for you tube videos. Several good ones out there. ChuckE2009 has some good videos on you tube.

I think it was Arc Weld that mentioned the Monster Garage book by Jesse James. Glad it was written by someone else. Don't know if I'd want to buy a weld book written by Jesse James....

Terry