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Practical Welding Today September/October 2007
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.
The tipping point
- By Bill Giese
- Sep 11, 2007
- Consumables
- Article
Incorrect contact tip recess can cause excessive spatter, burn-through and warping, insufficient penetration, and porosity. Welders who become familiar with correct tip recess can avoid these problems as well as unnecessary equipment upgrades yet still improve GMAW quality.
Seeing the light with NDT
- By Kristi Nelson
- Sep 11, 2007
- Testing and Measuring
- Article
A welding shop specializing in aerospace systems and parts adds nondestructive testing to its in-house capabilities to keep pace with inspection requirements and speed up part turnaround.
Improvements to CNC plasma technology
- By Craig Brooks
- Sep 11, 2007
- Plasma Cutting
- Article
Continued improvements to CNC plasma cutting technology have made these units much more adaptable and user friendly. They have also helped improve consistency and cut quality.
Examining respiratory safety
- By Amanda Carlson
- Sep 11, 2007
- Safety
- Article
In the wake of the implementation of OSHA's hexavalent chromium standard, read three fab shops' efforts to provide safe breathing conditions for its welders.
Aluminum Workshop: Minimizing weld cleaning stripes
- By Frank Armao
- Sep 11, 2007
- Aluminum Welding
- Article
Q:I'm fabricating toolboxes for pickup trucks using gas metal arc welding (GMAW) and polished aluminum tread plate. The cleaning stripes along each side of the weld are wide and detract from the appearance of the toolbox. Please don't tell me to wire-brush the weld because this stands out even...
Arc Welding 101: Don't underestimate welding vocab
- By Paul Cameron
- Sep 11, 2007
- Arc Welding
- Article
Q: I was recently involved in a discussion about a joint discontinuity. We were trying to determine whether it could be considered undercut or underfill. The weld did not fill the butt joint for the entire V-groove length. Some guys classified the melted-away edge of the joint as undercut; I...
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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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