Welding Tools 1

When joining metals, the best way to achieve a high strength joint is to:

Use a welding process

What is a process that requires very high temperatures?

Welding very different from soldering in that it involves melting the base metal of the objects to be joined

The two major types of welding processes:

Oxyacetylene and Electric Arc Welding

Oxyacetylene Welding:

Involves the use of a torch that’s fueled with oxygen and acetylene

Burning these two gases together creates:

An extremely hot flame, hot enough to melt steel and other ferrous (iron based) materials

Filler Rod:

Melted along with the base metal to produce a finished weld

There are many specialized processes that:

fall under the electric arc welding classification

The simplest and most easily recognized type is known as:

Stick Welding

What does stick welding involve?

The use of an electric arc welding machine and two cables

One cable during stick welding:

Attaches to the work being welded through a ground clamp

The other cable during stick welding:

goes to an electrode that is sometimes referred to as a stinger

The stinger:

Is held by the welder and is used to hold the welding rod