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Richard Finch. Metal fabricators of every ilk, whether they're working on race cars, experimental aircraft, or custom motorcycles, will benefit from this updated guide to top-quality welding. Performance Welding demonstrates the newest fabricating techniques and covers the latest in welding equipment. This complete guide written by NASA welding consultant Richard Finch helps a fabricator select the proper equipment, prepare jigs, and effectively weld 4130 steel, stainless steel, aluminum, and magnesium. It also covers plasma cutting, the technique used extensively on Monster Garage that has revolutionized metal working. 2nd ed.

Richard Finch, SAE, AWS, is a certified aircraft welder, a race car and aircraft builder, and longtime author of welding books, including HP Books' Welder's Handbook. He is a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers and the American Welding Society. He also has a degree in welding science. Highlights of his long, 50-plus year career include serving as chief welder for the Ted Smith (Piper) Aerostar Aircraft Corporation and as senior project engineer at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where he in oversaw building space shuttle astronauts' emergency egress systems. He has also built experimental differentials for Indy 500 race cars and for GM, Ford, Jeep, and other automotive manufacturers. He now works as a part-time welding instructor for The Experimental Aircraft Association, in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and continues to write books and magazine articles on welding. Richard lives in New Mexico with his wife, Gayle, and their two cats.

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Performance Welding Handbook

Performance Welding Handbook

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