Basic Welding

Welding Safety: Covers exposures, your responsibilities, accident prevention, eye and skin protection, proper gear and clothing, extinguishers, and precautions.

Oxyacetylene Torch Uses: Reviews precautions, setup, regulators, check valves, and other fuel gases.

Oxyacetylene Gas Welding and Cutting: Setup and preparation, torch flames, fusion welding, steel brazing, quality cutting, aids, piercing holes, stud removal, cutting round stock, and gouging.

Metal Identification: Learn how to identify metals by using various methods such as spark, chisel, magnet, manufacturing, fracture, flame, acid tests and others.

Advanced Welding

Heat Treatment: Hardening, tempering, stress relieving, annealing, normalizing, pre and post heating, case hardening, and cracking.

Arc Welding: Establishing current, duty cycle, AC vs DC, electrode selection, establishing the arc, and cutting.

Out-of-Position Welding: Low hydrogen electrodes, vertical and overhead techniques.

Hard Surfacing: Methods of hardening, applications, and patterns.

Welding Defects: Factors that lead to defects, distortion, shrinkage, and straightening.

Cast Iron Repair: Identification, nickel welding, fusion, brazing, and limits of repairs.

Soldering: Solders, fluxes, and silver brazing.

Specialty Metals: Aluminum, fluxless friction, brazing, stick arc, magnesium, stainless steel, copper, and zinc die cast.

TIG, MIG, Flux-core, Plasma Arc: Limitations and problem solving.

Fuel Tank Repair: Safety, setup and welding techniques.

Maintenance of Welding Equipment: Keeping your equipment in top shape.