{"id":143,"date":"2008-03-12T13:54:29","date_gmt":"2008-03-12T21:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carmenelectrode.com\/2008\/03\/12\/building-your-own-welding-library\/"},"modified":"2008-03-12T13:54:29","modified_gmt":"2008-03-12T21:54:29","slug":"building-your-own-welding-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/carmenelectrode\/2008\/03\/12\/building-your-own-welding-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Building Your Own Welding Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As any skilled professional can tell you, it&#8217;s important to constantly improve your knowledge if you&#8217;re to become an expert. Welding requires skill and knowledge of metallurgy, geometry, electrical, design, and more.<\/p>\n<p>There are a lot of great resources out there, many of them I have referenced before on this blog:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/thefabricator.com\" target=\"_blank\">The Fabricator Magazine<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/lincolnelectric.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lincoln Electric&#8217;s website<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/millerwelds.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Miller&#8217;s website<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.esabna.com\/us\/en\/index.cfm\" target=\"_blank\">ESAB&#8217;s website,\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/hobartwelders.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hobart&#8217;s website<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arc-zone.com\/index.php?main_page=page&amp;id=8&amp;chapter=0\" target=\"_blank\">Arc-Zone.com&#8217;s Welding Library<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/aws.org\" target=\"_blank\">The American Welding Society<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ewi.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Edison Welding Institute<\/a> to name a few.<\/p>\n<p>Of course you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arc-zone.com\/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=572\" target=\"_blank\">buy welding books (Arc-Zone.com carries a nice selection<\/a>!)\u00a0 You should also consider signing up for manufacturers&#8217; newsletters. Although they are obviously plugging their own products, they offer a wealth of information that you can download or print out for your own welding library. Here&#8217;s a few to get you started:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.millerwelds.com\/education\/powerclick.php\" target=\"_blank\">Miller&#8217;s Power Click e-News (Welding Newsletter via email)<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lincolnelectric.com\/community\/newsletters\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lincoln&#8217;s iWeld Welding Newsletter via email<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.esabna.com\/us\/en\/index.cfm\" target=\"_blank\">Arc-Zone&#8217;s Weld Like A Pro(tm) E-Zine<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As any skilled professional can tell you, it&#8217;s important to constantly improve your knowledge if [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-welding-how-to","entry","fw-tab-6 fw-tabr-4"],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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