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How to Choose a TIG Welding Electrode

TIG welding offers a wider range of welding options and the ability to make precise welds. With those advantages comes a steep learning curve for the best...

The Advantages of TIG Welding with Fingertip Controls

Today’s guest post is by Devan DePauw, Welding Engineer TIG Solutions at Miller Electric Mfg. Co. Anyone who has experience with TIG welding probably can share humorous...

Increase Productivity by Adjusting the Pulse Feature on your TIG welder

Today’s TIG welding guest post comes from Andrew Pfaller of Miller Electric: There are proper tools designed for every job to prevent damage and to increase ease...

How to Choose the Best Welder/Generator

Chris Wierschke is a product manager for the Power Products Group at Miller Electric Mfg. Co. Chris has been with Miller for the last eight years. During that time Chris...

5 Keys to a Clean Cut with a Plasma Cutter

Check out our 5 keys to a clean cut with a plasma cutter by our guest Tim Lux from Miller Electric. Listed below are a few simple checks that...

What Does Auto-Set™ on a MIG Welder Do For Me?

Today’s guest post is by John Swartz of Miller Electric: Before we even talk about the benefits of Auto-Set™ for MIG welding, first ask yourself this question:...

Plasma Cutting Tips from Scott at Lincoln Electric

 Plasma cutting delivers a high velocity jet of ionized gas which pierces metal by conducting electricity from the torch to the work piece. Click here to learn...

5 Tips for Effectively Welding a Cone

For seasoned, veteran welders, welding a cone is old hat – a task they mastered long ago. For a student and aspiring welder, home project welder new...

How Underwater Welding Is Performed

Underwater welding is a process that is primarily used to make repairs on ships, pipelines and offshore oil platforms. 

Intro to Induction Welding and Induction Heating

Induction Welding What is induction welding? Induction welding is similar to resistance welding. In resistance welding, however, the current is delivered through contacts to the work piece,...

Welding Tips and Tricks

The practice of welding requires specialized knowledge regarding heat, physics and how to choose the proper materials for the type of metal you are going to be...

Welding Sheet Metal

The process of welding sheet metal is often used in auto body repair and metal finishing.  Welders working with sheet metal need to have patience and skill....

How Robotic Welding Has Changed Welding Processes

Welding techniques have been advancing for hundreds of years, and with those advancements robotic welding has become more and more relevant in the manufacturing industries. In prior...

The Process of Ultrasonic Welding

Ultrasonic welding is an industrial welding process that uses high-frequency ultrasonic acoustic vibrations which are locally applied to the pieces being joined.  The pieces that are being...

Training and Education Required to Become an Underwater Welder

Underwater welding is one of the most demanding areas of welding.  The training and certifications required to perform this type of welding varies on the area you...

The Cost of Robotic Welding

Robotic welding has the potential to lower welding cost, improve production, and reduce waste. But what is the cost of robotic welding? The initial cost of robotic...

Micro Resistance Welding

Welding is a field that continues to see growth and this growth has led to the discovery of micro resistance welding.  This welding process involves a thermal...

Spot Welding Explained

Spot welding is performed by sending an electrical current through two pieces of metal creating a weld at the spot where the electricity was introduced.  Spot welding...

Explosion Welding

Explosion welding is a solid state welding process in which welding is completed by the acceleration of one of the components at a very high velocity by...

Introduction to Brazing

Brazing is a welding process that is used to join two pieces of base metal using melted filler which flows across the joint.  When the filler metal...

Tips for Welding Cast Iron

Cast iron is a metal that typically contains a carbon content of between two and four percent which is much larger than that found in many common...

Welding Thin Using GMAW

Developments in the gas metal arc welding process have found a way to produce almost perfect joints in very thin metal.  In years past, if gas metal...

What Is Electron Beam Welding?

Electron beam welding is a welding technique where a beam of high-velocity electrons are applied to the materials that are being welded.  The materials then melt as...

Blacksmithing vs. Welding

Welding and Blacksmithing are often associated and compared although they are different industries and require unique skills. This post will break-down the details of what it means...