| The Farm Welding Handbook (Motorbooks Workshop) |  | Author: Richard Finch
Publisher: MBI
Category: Book
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 663,999
Media: Paperback
Pages: 144
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 10.5 x 8.3 x 0.4
ISBN: 0760322511
Dewey Decimal Number: 631.304
EAN: 9780760322512
ASIN: 0760322511
Publication Date: October 6, 2005
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Product Description
The Farm Welding Handbook covers how to set up a farm-specific welding shop, select and use welding equipment, safety, and varied welding processes. While the book focuses on oxyacetylene gas and arc welding, the most common methods such as wire-feed MIG welding for soft metals are also covered. This handbook also presents welding from a working farmers perspective what to do in poor conditions in the field, how different metals in various pieces of farm equipment are to be welded, and more.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Very basic December 27, 2008
Neil Williams (Seattle WA area)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I didn't find much useful information in this book. It explained the obvious (don't weld in a hayloft - it might catch fire, etc.) but offered little meat on techniques.
The author was apparently quite taken with a young lady welder - she appears frequently in the photos!
 The Farm Welding Handbook January 28, 2007
June Rush (Indianapolis, IN USA)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Over all, the book was excellent. Keep in mind that I am new to welding, so the book looked pretty good to me. Personally, I could care less about the history of welding and the blacksmith in the very begining of the book, but from there, Richard Finch shows the reader how to set up a good Farm Welding shop and also tells the reader what tools are needed. He too goes over saftey in the next Chapter. He then talks about the different farm welding processes such as oxyacetylene, arc (stick) and MIG (wire fed). Finch also covers how to identify metals on and around the farm. Chapter 5 covers oxyacetylene cutting, heating and plasma cutting. From there on, he pretty much goes into all of the processes I prevously mentioned only in much greater detail. He also concentrates on some "hard to weld" metals such a cast iron and aluminum. At the end of the book, he has writen a very good referance guide on where to buy welding tools and acessories.
Over all, this is a very good book, especally for the farmer who does not know too much about welding already.
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