The TAB Guide to DIY Welding: Hands-on Projects for Hobbyists, Handymen, and Artists Paperback – May 7, 2013

My friend was very grateful and told me he has learned a lot from the book.

This is a great book for someone just learning to MIG weld. The author presented all the basics from understanding steel, the tools, ppe, gases and the process of welding. Some of the chapters didn't apply to MIG welding but was still very informative. I ordered another book that was too technical and a total waste of money. This book has allowed me to look at my welds and critique the problems or issues and how to correct them. I would definitely recommend this book.

This book is mis-titiled.It spends only two or three chapters on welding. It should be titled something more like DIY Artistic Metal Fabrication and Art Work, with an Introduction to Metal Shop Safety, Tools, and Welding.Contains good info for an Artist who is first venturing into metal arts and shop setup/safety. Not so comprehensive coverage of welding, in and of itself.

I bought my son a mig welder for Xmas. I wanted a book that would explain how to weld using the mig handler.Most books I found were dated with very old photos and not much "how to" on mig welding. I returned what I though was the best of the lot and purchased this one. I like it! It's moder, up to date, with good color, step by step illustrations.The one thing missing, in my opinion, is cross-sectional close ups of good and bad welds and their causes of failure.

My order arrived today. I payed $18.40 for a new copy of the "TAB Guide toDIY Welding". It looks to be new, but a large section of the upper right handcorner of the cover and the first 60 or so pages are severely bent outwardand won't lie flat, even after I've tried to bend them back the other way.When I order a new book, I expect it to arrive in pristine condition, not like it'sbeen thrown around in the back of someone's pickup. On first inspection, it appearsto be a good book with the kind of information I was looking for, so I'm not unhappywith the purchase, just the condition that it arrived in.

I love the various projects this kit guides you through: not only do you learn more about welding with each one, but you have all these awesome and useful and beautifully designed metal pieces at the end! It gives you all the knowledge you need to go on and make so many other things... basically opening the whole world of metal fabrication up to you. I also think this would be a perfect companion book to a hobby welding course at schools or art centers or industrial arts spaces.

I've wanted to get into welding for years and finally Santa got me a welder for Christmas. As with any new tool or toy, I'm looking for this to do with it. This book is a helpful resource on projects and the basics.

I got this book for my husband and he's reading it and liking it. He did mention that it's kind of for beginners and he could skip some stuff, but is reading it all. My husband doesn't weld much and we have a friend who welds as a profession - a needed activity for things that go wrong in this remote area of our state.