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  • A Beginner’s Guide to MIG Welding

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    Greg
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    MIG Welding Names MIG welding, or MIG, is an acronym for “Metal Inert Gas” welding. MIG is a commonly used and accepted slang term that was appropriate when the process was first invented. In the beginning, the gasses used for shielding the weld area were known as “Inert” or “Nobel” gasses. Today the proper terminology is “Gas Metal Arc Welding” or GMAW.…

  • Bolt Hole Circles

    Bolt Hole Circles

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    Greg
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    Many of us need to bore holes in a circle but don’t have a rotary table, don’t want to remove the vise or need to create a circle too big for the table. There is a solution in Machinery’s Handbook. Find the section on JIG BORING in your copy of the Handbook. In my 23rd…