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By David Zielinski

Before beginning to weld you must have a clean joint and your MIG welding machine must be set properly. I cannot stress this enough! MIG welding is very easy to learn but since it is a semi-automatic process much of the skill relies on machine set-up! Once you have that down you are ready [...]

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By William Walley

Mild steel is defined as any steel that has low carbon in it and about 85% of welding is done using this type of steel. Usually these steels have an AISI series of C-1008 through C-1025. They are the steels that are most often used in construction or industrial fabrication. They are welded through [...]

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Welding Gases

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By William Walley

There are a variety of different types of gases that are used in welding. One of the major ways that gases are used is for shielding the area to be welded from gases that come from the atmosphere. The reason the shielding area needs to be welded is because these other gases can change [...]

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