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AWS Online Training Programs Bring the Classroom to You

Whether you’re at home, work, the library or the local McDonalds, the only restriction to AWS Online Training Programs is internet access. Complete with welding seminars, certification...

What Does a More Expensive TIG Welder Offer?

One of the more shocking moments of shopping for a welder may be when you look at a top of the line TIG welder and discover a...

The Role of a Welding Regulator

For those unfamiliar with welding or welding regulators, they look much like the gas regulator on the propane tank you have on your gas grill in the...

National Welding Month [VIDEO]

The national PR campaign for welding has begun; now’s the time to pitch in. April Is National Welding Month from American Welding Society on Vimeo. April is...

Welding Resources – Art Welding

This is the next installment of a monthly Welding Resources series. In this series, we’ll be covering key topics relevant to welding and welders. Rather than providing...

What Are the New Welding Careers and Welding Jobs?

Job opportunities in the field of welding are increasing due to the retirement of many workers and the ongoing need for welders to work on pipelines, ships,...

Welding Over Spring Break

Feels like spring break just started – and for some people it has. Cap off the end of spring break (or the beginning) by catching up with...

Tips for Using a Miller MIG Welding Machine

The Miller Electric welding company manufactures a variety of welding machines that can be used in the home, garage or for industrial uses.  If you are a...

How to Properly Prepare Metal for Welding

Welding is a profession that requires much knowledge on the part of the welder and part of that knowledge is knowing how to properly prepare metal for...

How to Find the Best Welding Jobs and Welding Careers

In any discussion about the best welding jobs or best welding career, there are a variety of factors that need to be considered. There isn’t one perfect...

Welding Events in April

After the excitement of March Madness, let welding sparks light up the month of April. Massachusetts residents are in luck; three out of the four welding events...

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...

Taking Care of Yourself, Welders’ Fitness and Nutrition

Welders accept a level of risk with their occupation. In general, exercise will increase anyones quality of life. It's especially important for welding to be mindful of...

The Best Welding Helmet for MIG Welding

MIG welding is used for a wide variety of applications, from large scale fabrication to more precise automotive work. MIG welders tend to create less spatter than...

Families that Weld Together Stay Together

If you’re like me, you spent the last few minutes of Friday night checking off one missing number after another. If you’re not like me, well then...

TIG Welding Tips: TIG Welding Supplies

Before you strike an arc on your TIG welder or begin to try out some TIG welding tips, you'll need to make sure you have the right...

Social Media is a Power Tool for Welders

Welders will be the first to inform you that the more powerful a tool is the greater the risks are. The same holds true for social media....

How Underwater Welding Is Performed

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

How to Build a Portable Welder Using Two 12-Volt Batteries

Welding requires the use of electricity to melt and join two pieces of metal.  There are many sources available that can provide enough power, from regular wall...

Replacing Welding Cable Liners

MIG welding is one of the most efficient and popular methods of welding used today.  Because the welding wire is fed through the electrode this allows welders...

What’s in a Name? How to Name Your Welding Company

The direction of your business may change, the amount of money you make may change, but your business name will remain constant. Get it right, the first...

Enhanced Welding Techniques for the Navy

March Madness isn’t the only event underway; enhance your welding skills or start afresh when you gear up to join one of the new welding programs below...

Fire Prevention for Welders

It is easy to take for granted things that you work with everyday. (Have you ever seen someone who works with poisonous snakes, crocodiles, or tigers and...

How to Buy a MIG Welder with Enough Power

A MIG welder is an ideal machine for a wide variety of fabricating jobs at home or in a welding shop. The typical hobby welder who gets...