5 Part 1 Welding Fundamentals 1 Safety in the Welding Shop 13 2 Print Reading 35 3 Welding Joints, Positions, and Symbols 45 4 Welding and Cutting Processes 73 Part 2 Shielded Metal Arc Welding 5 Shielded Metal Arc Welding Equipment and Supplies 117 6 Shielded Metal Arc Welding 153 Part 3 Gas Tungsten, Gas Metal, and Flux Cored Arc Welding 7 GTAW, GMAW, and FCAW Equipment and Supplies 191 8 Gas Tungsten Arc Welding 231 9 Gas Metal and Flux Cored Arc Welding 267 Part 4 Plasma Arc Cutting 10 Plasma Arc Cutting 305 Part 5 Oxyfuel Gas Processes 11 Oxyfuel Gas Welding Equipment and Supplies 321 12 Oxyfuel Gas Welding 359 13 Oxyfuel Gas Cutting Equipment and Supplies 397 14 Oxyfuel Gas Cutting 409 15 Soldering 433 16 Brazing and Braze Welding 455 Part 6 Resistance Welding 17 Resistance Welding Equipment and Supplies 483 18 Resistance Welding 509 Part 7 Special Processes 19 Special Welding Processes 529 20 Special Ferrous Welding Applications 559 21 Special Nonferrous Welding Applications 577 22 Pipe and Tube Welding 597 23 Special Cutting Processes 623 24 Underwater Welding and Cutting 647 25 Automatic and Robotic Welding 667 26 Metal Surfacing 687 Part 8 Metal Technology 27 Production of Metals 709 28 Metal Properties and Identifi cation 733 29 Heat Treatment of Metals 753 Part 9 Professional Welding 30 Inspecting and Testing Welds 771 31 Procedure and Welder Qualifi cations 793 32 The Welding Shop 815 33 Getting and Holding a Job in the Welding Industry 833 34 Technical Data 843 Glossary of Welding Terms 861 Acknowledgments 885 Index 887 (An expanded Table of Contents begins on Page 6)