On Sat, 02 Jul 2005 05:42:26 GMT, Carla Fong
wrote:

Ernie Leimkuhler wrote:
Hi Guys.

I have decided to spend some of this summer finally compiling a welding
book.

I am curious what you guys would want in a book.
I am looking for a balance of technical info to step by step
descriptions.

Lots of pictures and likely I will do at least 1 dvd or tape to work
with the book.
I will likely start with a general welding book and move on to a TIG
specific book, or maybe the other way around.
I need both for teaching and if it is an actual published book the
school can buy them.


I literally spent years trying to learn welding from a book - a fool's
errand in my case. A couple of hours in a community college class and I
was welding!

Ernie, concentrate on producing the video, configure the book as a
backup. To learn to weld, you need to see and hear the welding process,
and you just don't get that from a book with still pictures.

Use each medium for its strongest characteristic - printed stuff is
great for reference material: 'exploded views' of a mig gun or tig torch
- tables of amperage versus rod diameter and composition - that sort of
thing.

Video for actual 'process' documentation...

just my $.02 -

Carla
Ernie,
Do the book. I know some people learn best by doing and others will do
fine with just a book that's written, and if need be, illustrated
well. Especially if the book is trying to teach a manual task or
skill, good illustrations can really make a difference.
Carla,
I know videos can be very helpful but I have taught myself several
things requiring manual skill from good books. So I think books are a
great idea. Especially if the book is used along with either a teacher
or a video. A good book is also great to have as a reference when you
are not in class and don't have any way to watch a video.
Eric R Snow,
E T Precision Machine