After botching many welding jobs, I have established baselines for any weld I now attempt: 1. Clamp the pieces, then add more clamps. Professional welders can strategically spot weld pieces they are ...

Experienced MIG welders will be insulted by the simplicity of these welding tips, but they may help folks who weld infrequently. Many of us learned to weld with an old “buzz box” arc welder. We were ...

To many traditionalists, welding pieces of metal to tie the front and rear subframes together may seem a bit bizarre. Hot rodding typically involves replacing an existing part with enhanced hardware, ...

A device for inspecting weldingrod tips uses machine vision to determine whether redressed tips are good enough to resume welding. Traditional machine-vision equipment has had a hard time telling good ...

It's a well-known fact that cars with unibody construction—aka unit body, subframe, or stub frame design—are designed to satisfy an automaker's need for both strength and low manufacturing cost. Yet ...

Traditional machine-vision equipment has had a hard time telling good welding tips from bad ones, particularly after a redressing operation. The problem is that assessment of tip health can be ...