Sie wollen Schweißen lernen? Sei es als Hobby, beruflich oder im Rahmen einer Ausbildung? Dann ist dieses Buch das richtige für Sie. Stephen Robert Farnsworth hilft Ihnen bei den ersten Schritten, das Schweißen zu erlernen. Er erklärt Ihnen, was Sie zu Lichtbogenhand-, MIG/MAG-, WIG- und Autogenschweißen wissen sollten. Sie erfahren, was Sie bei welchen Metallen beachten sollten und wann sich welches Schweißverfahren anbietet. Ein besonderes Augenmerk legt der Autor auf die Sicherheit, denn die geht schließlich immer vor. So sind Sie mit diesem Buch rundum gut beraten, wenn Sie Schweißen lernen wollen.
Personally welding used to fall somewhat outside my normal sphere of direct interest, but a particularly special woman in my life does it for a living and I wanted to be able to better understand her days and her job. Im by no means an expert after reading a single low level text on the subject but.. I do think I will be able to better understand and support her (even if only a tiny little bit!)
Anyway. The book. Its honestly not a great for dummies book compared to other entries. It has the style and sense of humor I have come to expect, and its still full of new information that was relatively easy to digest. But to list a few gripes the chapter order is at times pretty poorly thought out, the examples are almost universally drawn instead of an actual picture to use as a more accurate reference, and it takes the author a LOT longer than it should to actually define what certain main welding methods actually are instead of just talking about the pros and cons.
You can still pick up a lot, and as always the book would make more sense if you are actively immersed in the subject, but it isnt as good as some other for dummies books at providing that initial gateway into the hobby/craft/skill.
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Such a great intro to Welding. I’ve done a little cutting and welding but want to improve as be also teach my kids. This was a great intro to not just the tools but also the metals! I appreciate the charts with metal composition and welding requirements. There is also a practice project of welding together a grill that I’m looking forward to doing with the kids.
I really liked this book. I'm a big fan of these dummy books, going back to the original 'dummy' book, which was stolen from my VW van as I did laundry in Seattle in the late 70s. What a bum, stealing my bible. How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive: A Manual of Step by Step Procedures for the Compleat Idiot. That's not my misspelling! It kept that old van going!
This book, welding, is simple. The author is funny and writes well. The explanations of the different types of welding (stick, tig or mig) are great. I'm going to buy some equipment in the spring and start putting together some 'art.'
Definitely more that I wanted to know, but all good. It is fairly comprehensive for an introductory book. I learned enough to stick to copper pipe and electronic soldering for the time being. The question is whether I should keep the new Flux Cored Welder and Auto Darkening Welding Helmet until then.