Welding book?

AKmud · Fri Mar 21, 2014 4:55 pm

What is the name of the welding and fabricating book Jody has mentioned a few times in his videos? Seems like it was an older publication but I can't remember the name. He said it was "the only welding book a guy needs" or something like that.

AKweldshop · Fri Mar 21, 2014 5:21 pm

Hows it going Rob??
Metals and how to weld them??
The procedure hand book of arc welding??
I've heard them both, and I've watched all of Jody's videos three (3) times....

~John

AKmud · Sat Mar 22, 2014 12:59 am

Metals and how to weld them.... That's the one, thanks John. I couldn't remember the name and didn't want to go through all the videos again.

RichardH · Sun Mar 23, 2014 12:02 am

AKmud wrote:What is the name of the welding and fabricating book Jody has mentioned a few times in his videos? Seems like it was an older publication but I can't remember the name. He said it was "the only welding book a guy needs" or something like that.

Metals and How to Weld Them http://www.jflfoundation.com/ProductDet ... ctCode=MHW

While you're there, I thought this book was done well:
How to Read Shop Drawings http://www.jflfoundation.com/ProductDet ... ductCode=H

Cheers,
Richard

AKmud · Sun Mar 23, 2014 1:22 am

Thanks for the links Richard. Gotta love it...a $10 book and they want $32 to ship it to AK.

RichardH · Sun Mar 23, 2014 11:44 am

AKmud wrote:Thanks for the links Richard. Gotta love it...a $10 book and they want $32 to ship it to AK.

Yeah, the shipping is probably why I bought a bunch of books at once. I recall they're even more expensive on Amazon.

Greg From K/W · Sun Mar 23, 2014 12:26 pm

Shipping on those sites are most of the time ridiculous at best. Sometimes I wonder for the shipping costs if its cheaper to order new from Chapters. I will take a look for those books thanks for posting them guys.

Sun Mar 23, 2014 7:17 pm

I wonder how many of these books are available as e-books, that can be bought with zero shipping and downloaded to a PC, laptop, Kindle, etc...

I'm sure there's a market for it, even though welding books don't spend time on the bestseller list...

Steve S

Greg From K/W · Sun Mar 23, 2014 7:30 pm

That would be worth it. Would be $5 to $10 a piece.

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Otto Nobedder wrote:I wonder how many of these books are available as e-books, that can be bought with zero shipping and downloaded to a PC, laptop, Kindle, etc... I'm sure there's a market for it, even though welding books don't spend time on the bestseller list... Steve S

Superiorwelding · Sun Mar 23, 2014 7:44 pm

WerkSpace,
Are there many books that welders/fabricators would like, say matals and how to weld them?

AKmud · Mon Mar 24, 2014 1:19 pm

Big thumbs up to http://www.bakersgas.com! Their shipping calculator wanted over $30 to ship a $17 book, after a quick email they came up with an $8 shipping option. It is refreshing to have a company work with you for a change!

AKweldshop · Mon Mar 24, 2014 2:28 pm

AKmud wrote:Big thumbs up to http://www.bakersgas.com! Their shipping calculator wanted over $30 to ship a $17 book, after a quick email they came up with an $8 shipping option. It is refreshing to have a company work with you for a change!

Rob,
Did you buy the book yet???
If it would help, I would buy one too...
Would that work??
We could split the shipping if they would combine both books???
Let me know....

Thanks,
~John

AKmud · Mon Mar 24, 2014 5:04 pm

Ordered it this morning and had a tracking number two hours later.

nathan · Fri Apr 04, 2014 1:34 am

http://www.abebooks.com/book-search/tit ... em/page-1/

Just got it for $14.99 shipped within 9 business days to dallas from portland. it's used, so I don't know for sure what kind of shape it's in, but I usually have decent luck with used books.