Jim.
Willis Stein acquired Petersen Publishing for $465 million in 1996 and I
believe it was acquired by another outfit after that. I think the good old
days are gone. The only way I found to obtain Basic Bodywork & Painting is
through the link I provided below. I'm sure that there are better books
available that pertain to bodywork, but it just so happens that this is the
one that I have and it has served me will.
Reference material pertaining to welding can be located here
https://ssl.lincolnelectric.com/linc...tore.asp?cat=7
from Lincoln Electric. Miller has some free reference material.
http://www.millerwelds.com/education...pamphlets.html You may also want
to look here
http://www.millerwelds.com/education...dex.html#books
I have worked in a welding shop for two years and still do not know all
there is to know about welding. Granted, most of my time is spent on
generating CAD shop drawings but I am getting the hang of laying down a
bead...it just takes practice.
Hope this helps....if I can be of any further assistance contact me via the
email address on my web site.
Jesse Zufall
Silt Co
http://zufalls.com
jim wrote in :
i am in my 50's and did alot of stuff around the house, fixing
plumbing,
electric, carpentry, mechanic work on cars, electronic repair stuff,
brazing, soldering, using a lathe and milling machine, making or
revising alot of tools that i use on the cars over the years and am
pretty good with my hands at fixting stuff.. i have never been able
to
weld satisfactory(i never had anyone to guide me) i would like to
learn
to weld and spraypaint autos, but dont want to spend two years in a
tech
school with all the kids, it would kill me.. i remember doing some
research on geneology a few years back and was sitting in the
library
looking at the micro film and nothing but college age kids(it was
the
college library) guys trying to pick up the girls with all their
silly
pickup lines- i wonder if i sounded just as stupid way back
when???....
any suggestions.. i can buy all the stuff, like the spray gun,
compressor(already got a small one, 1-hp sears, i know its not big
enough).... and a cheap welder, possible electric,, i bought one
from
sears about 15 yrs. ago it was suppose to be a $99. seller back then
and
they cut it down to $50.. could enver do much with it other than
using
the carbon arc torch to braze with the machine was not adjustable,
just
one setting.... still got it, i pieces in the garage... never used
it
in
about 12 yrs......
any help guiding me in the direction to lean this would be
appreciated......
Probably the easiest thing to learn to weld with is a MIG welder. You
can
pick up a good Miller 110V at TSC (Tractor Supply Company) for about
$4-
700. Then a little trip to AirGas or the like for a bottle of
argon/CO2.
A trip to the welding supply shop for a welding jacket and a *GOOD*
hood
(DO NOT GO CHEAP ON THE WELDING HOOD!) will finish you out.
Your first project can be a welding cart to put it and the bottle on.
The Miller I bought a couple of years ago had a training video
included,
along with a pretty good manual.
--
Anthony
You can't 'idiot proof' anything....every time you try, they just make
better idiots.
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thanks, i used to buy the petersen books back in the 70's and they
either falling apart or th pages are rotted away.... i would like to
find what they print up now.... i think i bought them all back in
1971???
i cant find petersen at all, are they still in business????
thanks for the info...