Butane torches are an excellent portable solution for soldering, welding, and many more applications in the workshop or household environment. The cost of the torches themselves is significantly low for how useful they are. However, the main cost is in constantly needing to fill their butane tanks. There is a huge range of different torches, […]
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As flux core wire is the most effective means of welding galvanized or dirty steel, and the ideal choice for outdoor welding, we thought we would do some detailed reviews of the six best flux core wires to use in your MIG or flux core welder. Searching through a massive range of similar-looking products at […]
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When you’re starting out, it can feel like a horrific nightmare trying to TIG weld stainless steel. Have you ever set your welder up exactly the same as your pro workmate and yet still produced ugly welds? It’s always a demoralizing feeling. However, with a few tips, you can turn all that around. From the […]
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How do you weld when you’re miles away from the nearest power source? With an engine-driven welder generator, one of the most useful welding machines available. These incredible machines are designed with high duty cycles and can run quality stick, MIG, and TIG welds. With a decent range of them available online, we’ve narrowed the […]
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While traditional stick welders knew very little about gases with their welding, the rise of the MIG and TIG welding machines over the last 70 – 80 years has brought in the need for welding gas as a common commodity in most workshops. Why are there so many different kinds of welding gases, though? And […]
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America suffers an average of 37 deaths per 100,000 steel industry workers, not including the many other welding industries like underwater welding, which has a 15 percent fatality rate. A further 500,000 welders per year are injured in accidents. These are terrifying statistics when you weld every day, and even more frightening when you’re a […]
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Anyone who’s tried to TIG weld with gloves that aren’t designed for TIG welding either learns they need different gloves or wonders why they struggle to run a tidy weld. Our list of reviews reveals the top eight gloves available online for TIG welding, and we explain in our buyer’s guide section what to look […]
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Your hands are one of the few parts of your body necessary for welding, and they are always the closest to the 10,000°F arc you weld with. To help protect your hands from the intense heat of MIG and stick welding, we have written reviews of the top eight welding gloves available online. They come […]
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There are various kinds of MIG wire manufactured for different purposes, but the main characteristics of quality welding wire ensure the weld is strong and sound regardless of the metal or your welding position. We have written reviews on the five best MIG welding wires choices for mild steel we found online. Consumables are […]
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Tables are one of the best ways to speed up welding projects while sparing peoples’ bodies by providing the means to work in a healthy position. Many of us know what it’s like crawling around on the concrete to weld for hours on our knees, burning our bodies, and piercing our knees with wire or […]
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