Welding thin sheet metal can be challenging because you need to obtain adequate fusion while preventing distortion and burnthrough. The key skill is to control the heat across the sheet metal to ...

Gas Metal Arc Welding is commonly referred to as MIG welding. The MIG welding process was developed in the late 1940s as an alternative to Gas Tungsten Arc Welding, which uses a nonconsumable tungsten ...

Last month, in the first of our four-part series, we covered gas welding. This month we'll continue by delving into MIG welding—far and away the most popular welding process used for classic trucks.

Welding sheetmetal together makes burning thick metal together seem like a smiley walk in your favorite off-road shop. Welding sheetmetal is scary and daunting. Why, you may ask. Well, there are ...

It's important to start with clean equipment. Ensuring the welding torch's tip is free of debris is crucial, as obstructions could prevent shielding gas from flowing onto the workpiece. Here, Welton ...

Most farmers have spent a lot of time fusing metal with a welder in the farm shop. The jobs they most often have to tackle are repairing structural components on an implement or fabricating corral ...

Abstract: The weld-brazing lap-joint of automotive galvanized steel to 6061 aluminum alloy sheet was achieved employing a metal inert gas (MIG) welding process. In this novel weld-brazing process, the ...