The Light Ship Restoration Project

May 23, 11 The Light Ship Restoration Project

Posted by techweld in Fabrication

It’s rare that we come across such a big and complex restoration project like this but when a customer of ours told us what he was using his recently purchased Plasma Cutter for we jumped at the chance to feature his exploits in our Blog. If nothing else the sheer scale and unusual nature of this project makes for some...

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What is an inverter welder?

Nov 29, 10 What is an inverter welder?

Posted by techweld in Welding Equipment

An inverter-based welder provides many benefits over traditional copper wound transformer machines. The most notable benefit is that of size and weight. An inverter is smaller and is a fraction of the weight of a transformer based machine so it is far more lightweight and portable. Inverters use a lot less input power to get the...

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Introduction to TIG welding

Feb 09, 10 Introduction to TIG welding

Posted by techweld in Fabrication, TIG Welding

WHAT IS TIG WELDING? Gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW), also known as tungsten inert gas (TIG) welding, is an arc welding process that uses a tungsten electrode to produce the weld. The weld area (or pool) is protected from atmospheric contamination by a shielding gas (usually Argon), and a filler metal is normally used. A...

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