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Practical Welding Today November/December 2006
The Welder, formerly known as Practical Welding Today, is a showcase of the real people who make the products we use and work with every day. This magazine has served the welding community in North America well for more than 20 years.
Aluminum Workshop: Alloys for furniture fabrication
- By Frank Armao
- Dec 11, 2014
- Aluminum Welding
- Article
Q: Which alloy would you recommend for cold bending aluminum tubing or fabricating aluminum law furniture? A: First consider alloy availability. Many alloys are available as round tubing, but not all are obtainable. Most small-diameter tubing is extruded because it’s relatively economical to...
Arc Welding 101: Preparing for an overhead certification test
- By Marty Rice
- Oct 31, 2014
- Arc Welding
- Article
Q: A carpenter friend of mine has taken some night-school welding courses and needs help getting certified in overhead welding. He uses steel beams to support the homes he builds and would like to weld them himself. How should he prepare for and take an overhead welding certification test?...
Using job shop habits for a custom project
- By Stephanie Vaughan
- Nov 7, 2006
- Shop Management
- Article
Although custom welding fixtures may be just one of Ed Sauvola's current jobs, it has become one of the main business opportunities he is pursuing while deciding which track is best for his one-man shop.
New rule, new equipment
- By Stephanie Vaughan
- Nov 7, 2006
- Safety
- Article
Now that OSHA's new ruling on hexavalent chromium is official, fabricators and manufacturers across the country are examining their plants, monitoring their air, and making adjustments to reduce their permissible exposure limits (PELs) to the fumes produced specifically by stainless steel welding.
Drive fast, weld right
- By Stephanie Vaughan
- Nov 7, 2006
- Arc Welding
- Article
Of all the fabrication tools necessary to build -- and repair -- race cars, welding equipment is one of the most essential. To keep a race car together, safe for drivers, and at its competitive best, welding and metallurgy come into play every day in the motorsports industry.
Material separation anxiety
- By Adam Popson
- Nov 7, 2006
- Cutting and Weld Prep
- Article
Material separation with a band saw machine is the beginning of most fabrication and many manufacturing operations, but it doesn't have to cause headaches with the proper preventive maintenance.
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- Podcast:
- The Fabricator Podcast
- Published:
- 04/16/2024
- Running Time:
- 63:29
In this episode of The Fabricator Podcast, Caleb Chamberlain, co-founder and CEO of OSH Cut, discusses his company’s...
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