While there are many courses and tutorials online, learning from a book is still one of the best ways to greatly improve your skills. Below I have selected top Welding books.
- Welding For Dummies (2010)
- Farm and Workshop Welding: Everything You Need to Know to Weld, Cut, and Shape Metal (Fox Chapel Publishing) Over 400 Step-by-Step Photos to Help You Learn Hands-On Welding and Avoid Common Mistakes (2012)
- Audel Welding Pocket Reference (2007)
- The Welding Business Owner’s Hand Book: How to Start, Establish and Grow a Welding or Manufacturing Business (2013)
- The TAB Guide to DIY Welding: Hands-on Projects for Hobbyists, Handymen, and Artists (2013)
- Welder’s Handbook: A Guide to Plasma Cutting, Oxyacetylene, ARC, MIG and TIG Welding, Revised and Updated (2007)
- Welding Level 1 Trainee Guide (5th Edition) (2015)
- Modern Welding (2012)
- Modern Welding (2018)
- Welding Print Reading (2012)
- Tig Welding Secrets: An In-Depth Look At Making Aesthetically Pleasing TIG Welds (2017)
- Welding Fundamentals (Lab Workbook) (2016)
Welding For Dummies (2010)
Get the know-how to weld like a pro Being a skilled welder is a hot commodity in today’s job market, as well as a handy talent for industrious do-it-yourself repairpersons and hobbyists. Welding For Dummies gives you all the information you need to perform this commonly used, yet complex, task. This friendly, practical guide takes you from evaluating the material to be welded all the way through the step-by-step welding process, and everything in between.
Farm and Workshop Welding: Everything You Need to Know to Weld, Cut, and Shape Metal (Fox Chapel Publishing) Over 400 Step-by-Step Photos to Help You Learn Hands-On Welding and Avoid Common Mistakes (2012)
Almost anyone can learn to weld, cut or shape metal.
Audel Welding Pocket Reference (2007)
Featuring updated charts dealing with the most common situations welding workers face on the job , this comprehensive, pocket-sized reference is based on recommendations from working professionals and covers welding symbols and definitions, types of joints and welds, typical welding station configurations, oxygen cylinders, arc-welding charts, U.S metric measures, and more.
The Welding Business Owner’s Hand Book: How to Start, Establish and Grow a Welding or Manufacturing Business (2013)
Want to know what it takes to be a successful welding business owner or how to get your business to the next level? Then this book is your ultimate guide that is straight to the point about what you need to know and how to do it. It is your personal blueprint on how to start, establish and grow any metals related business.
The TAB Guide to DIY Welding: Hands-on Projects for Hobbyists, Handymen, and Artists (2013)
The TAB Guide to DIY Welding shows you how to get started with MIG welding and metalworking. Inside, you’ll find illustrated step-by-step instructions formaking useful objects for around the home, as well as fun artistic projects.
Welder’s Handbook: A Guide to Plasma Cutting, Oxyacetylene, ARC, MIG and TIG Welding, Revised and Updated (2007)
A newly-updated, state-of-the-art guide to MIG and TIG arc welding technology. Written by a noted authority in the field, this revised edition of HP’s bestselling automotive book-for over 20 years-is a detailed, instructional manual on the theory, technique, equipment, and proper procedures of metal inert gas (MIG) and tungsten inert gas (TIG) welding.
Welding Level 1 Trainee Guide (5th Edition) (2015)
This exceptionally produced trainee guide features a highly illustrated design, technical hints and tips from industry experts, review questions and a whole lot more!
Modern Welding (2012)
The Lab Workbook contains a variety of review questions correlated to the textbook chapters. It also provides a number of exercises to be completed in the weld lab. These exercises give the students hands-on experience welding a variety of ferrous and nonferrous metals in all welding positions, using a variety of welding processes.
Modern Welding (2018)
This Lab Workbook for Modern Welding is intended to be used with the Modern Welding textbook. This manual will help you to practice the welding techniques for the variety of welding processes presented in the text.
Welding Print Reading (2012)
Welding Print Reading is a combination text and workbook that teaches students how to read and comprehend the various types of prints found in the welding industry. Text problems are based on actual prints from industry.
Tig Welding Secrets: An In-Depth Look At Making Aesthetically Pleasing TIG Welds (2017)
Stuck trying to figure out how to make your tig welds look perfect? Look no further. This book will give you everything you need to know to make perfect looking welds on any material, and how to help you make your work come out better overall. A must for any hobbyist learning how to TIG weld, Or the Novice tig welder looking to improve his craft.
Welding Fundamentals (Lab Workbook) (2016)
The Welding Fundamentals Lab Workbook is intended for use with the textbook Welding Fundamentals. It will help you more thoroughly explore the concepts presented in the textbook. Each Lesson in this Lab Workbook contains objectives and instructions. Several types of questions—identification, true or false, short completion, longer written answers, and—multiple choice-are asked in each Lesson.
Best Welding Books That Will Hook You
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Trends in Welding Research: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference, Callaway Gardens Resort, Phoenix, Arizona Usa, 15-19 April 2002
Author(s): DebRoy, T.; Smartt, H. B.; David, S. A.; Vitek, J. M.; Lippold, J. C
ID: 1444369, Publisher: A S M International, Year: Jan. 2003, Size: 53 Mb, Format: pdf
Aws D16. 1m/d16. 1 AWS D16. 1M/D16. 1: 2018, Specification for Robotic Arc Welding Safety: 2018, Specification for Robotic Arc Welding Safety
Author(s): American Welding Society
ID: 2788271, Publisher: American Welding Society, Year: Aril 2018, Size: 942 Kb, Format: pdf
WELDING PROCESSES HANDBOOK.
Author(s): RAMESH SINGH
ID: 3035597, Publisher: JOHN WILEY & Sons, Year: 2023, Size: 50 Mb, Format: pdf
Please note that this booklist is not final. Some books are really record-breakers according to The New York Times, others are written by unknown writers. On top of that, you can always find additional tutorials and courses on Coursera, Udemy or edX, for example. Are there any other relevant links you could recommend? Leave a comment if you have any feedback on the list.