Books, Magazines and Stuff

[Bobhdus]

I picked up a book off of Amazon called "Advanced Automotive Welding" by Gerald Uttrachi. It was decent read but pretty much told me everything I already knew and I was done reading it within an hour.

I wish there was a home shop welding publication... The Practical Welding publication is more for business and industry. Hobart has a decent quarterly magazine for their school with decent stories. I used to subscribe to the home shop machinist and the machinist workshop.

I'm also a life member with the Handyman Clubs of America. It's a good magazine but I hate woodworking and that's most of the projects in it. I always preferred Metal. What does everyone else like to read?

 

[Bobhdus]

"Pipe Welding Procedures" is probably one of the best Welding books I have ever read.

 

[Kevin54]

I picked up a book off of Amazon called "Advanced Automotive Welding" by Gerald Uttrachi. It was decent read but pretty much told me everything I already knew and I was done reading it within an hour.

I wish there was a home shop welding publication... The Practical Welding publication is more for business and industry. Hobart has a decent quarterly magazine for their school with decent stories. I used to subscribe to the home shop machinist and the machinist workshop.

I'm also a life member with the Handyman Clubs of America. It's a good magazine but I hate woodworking and that's most of the projects in it. I always preferred Metal. What does everyone else like to read?

I also subscribe to the Home Shop Machinist and Machinist Workshop, but find that some months just aren't too good. I belong to the forums and do a lot of reading on there. I am going to order a book from Chris Bathgate, but haven't done it yet. If you are interested, here is his site http://chrisbathgate.com/news/news.php He is a self taught wizard with machining.

 

[Bobhdus]

I do YouTube too, mostly welding stuff for autos or locksmith related. The place I work at gets a lousy signal so it's nice to be able to actually be able to read something in hard copy when I'm on lunch or break...

 

[dr_clyde]

The AWS publishes The Welding Journal, but its not really a good mag for the home shop guys. I like it, but I'm active in the industry. Still a good read on the can or something.

I really am a proponent of Tom Lipton's books and YouTube channel, Oxtoolco. His book, "Metalworking, Sink or Swim" taught me a ton about fab and machining. His videos are entertaining and full of very useful info.

I also have a book called "How to Weld Damn Near Anything" by Richard Finch. It's got some interesting tidbits, but kinda focused at the guy setting up his welding shop for the first time. Focuses on racing and aviation welder.

Other good books,

Metals and How To Weld Them, Lincoln Electric
Pipe Welding Procedures, Hoobasar Rampaul
Welding Secrets, Hal Wilson
Machine Shop Trade Secrets, James Harvey
Welding: Principles and Applications, Larry Jeffus

There are dozens more, but each of those books has taught me a lot. I also recommend checking out Jody Collier's site weldingtipsandtricks.com. Dude's got skills. Also look at the YouTube channels of Adam Booth (abom79) Keith Fenner (TurnWright Machine Works) and pretty much anything Ron Covell has ever touched.

Other than that, yeah. I also wish there was a welding publication focused more on the welder versus the welding engineer.

 

[Bobhdus]

Jodie is the reason I bought my Everlast 256 tig/stick/plasma cutter.
I havent used it, and have had it for two years, but it's there when I need it.

That's how my HTP mig 120 was. It sat for maybe two yrs (maybe a weld or two over that period of time), now I use the hell out of it making art.