Welding Car is the most basic and necessary technique for a construction and automobile engineer. Welding Car Like a Pro: Beginning to Advanced Techniques is one of the rare books written on this practical topic with basic to advanced knowledge. With outstanding advantages written by former president of American Welding Association – Gerald Uttrachi then this book is definitely an indispensable document on every technician’s bookshelf.

Welding Car Like a Pro: Beginning to Advanced Techniques Information 

Title: Weld Like a Pro: Beginning to Advanced Techniques Information 

Author: Gerald Uttrachi

Language: English 

Pages: 144 

Illustrations: 428 Color photos 

Publication Date: 01/06/2015

Publisher: Car Tech 

Format: Ebook 

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 What’s in Welding Car Like a Pro: Beginning to Advanced Techniques

About the Author

In addition to being the former president of the American Welding Association, Gerald Uttrachi is also the president of WA Technology, LLC. With more than 40 years of practical experience and extensive knowledge, he wrote the book Weld Like a Pro: Beginning to Advanced Techniques to provide readers with practical knowledge to build cars from the details. smallest.

Welding Car Like a Pro: Beginning to Advanced Techniques Content

In this book, Gerald Uttrachi presented all knowledge about acetylene oxygen welding process, How to weld on a car, TIG, 69 rod welding, types of solder joints, weld joints, how to weld on cars, welding sheet metal. In addition, this book provides materials lessons and analyzes welding techniques used for different types of materials, including stainless steel, aluminum, and copper.

With each content, there will be corresponding illustrations, making it easy for readers to visualize and follow. Because the author presents the content from basic to advanced, it is very suitable for beginners.

Table Of Content 

This book has a total of 7 chapters, namely:

Chapter 1: Welding Processes and Equipment 

• Oxyacetylene Welding 
• TIG Welding
• Stick Welding 
• MIG Welding
• Oxyfuel Cutting 
• Plasma Cutting 

Chapter 2: Joint Types 

• Butt Joints 
• Tubular Structural Joints 
• Weld Types 

Chapter 3: Oxyacetylene Welding 

• Equipment 
• Purchasing Oxyfuel Equipment 
• Projects and Applications 
• Project: Welding Plate Practice 
• Project: Welding Pipe Practice 
• Application: Oxyacetylene Welding Cast Iron 

Chapter 4: TIG Welding 

• Power Options 
• Torch Position 
• Equipment 
• Purchasing TIG Equipment 
• Selecting TIG Rod 
• Stiffness versus Diameter 
• Heat-Affected Zone 
• Projects and Applications 
• Project: Making a Taillight Bracket 
• Application: Tubing Intersections 
• Application: Stainless-Steel Gas Tanks 
• Project: Making a Stainless Exhaust System 
• Application: Exhaust System 
• Project: Repairing Aluminum Cylinder Heads 
• Application: TIG Welding Titanium 
• Application: TIG Welding Magnesium 

Chapter 5: Stick Welding 69

• Electrodes 70
• Equipment 70
• Purchasing Stick Power 72
• Filler Metals 72
• Learning Stick Welding 74

Chapter 6: MIG Welding

• Process Variations 
• Cored Wires 
• Gun Position 
• What Melts a MIG Wire? 
• Wire Stickout Effect on Penetration 
• Equipment
• Standard Power Systems
• Purchasing a MIG System
• Wire and Gas Selection 
• Projects and Applications 
• Application: Creating an Automatic Gate Latch 
• Project: Welding a Hydroformed Frame 
• Project: Fabricating a Seat Support 
• Project: Repairing a Decorative Bench 
• Project: Mending a Weather Vane 
• Application: Subframe Connector 
• Application: NASCAR Stock Car Chassis 
• Application: Street Rod Roll Bar 
• Project: Modifying an Exercise Machine 
• Project: Adding a Pull-Up Device to an Exercise Machine 
• Project: Building a Trailer Hitch 
• Application: Spot Welds 
• Application: Triumph TR3 Floorpan Installation 
• Application: Street Rod and Race Car Tubing 
• Application: TCI MIG Welds 
• Application: Rear Quarter Panel Replacement 

Chapter 7: Advanced Materials and Metallurgical Processes 

• High-Strength Steels 
• Alloys in Steel 
• Metallurgical Property Tests 
• Weld Defects 
• Project: Arc Straightening