Metal Fabrication Technology for Agriculture

Larry Jeffus is a welder with over 60 years of experience. He maintains his own well-equipped welding shop. In his career, he has passed many welding certification tests in a wide variety of processes, positions, material types and thicknesses. Jeffus has provided welding and professional consulting services locally, nationally and internationally to major corporations, small businesses, government agencies, schools, colleges and individuals. He is a Life Member of the American Welding Society. In addition, he has over 40 years of experience as a dedicated classroom teacher and is the author of several Cengage welding publications. Prior to retiring from teaching, Jeffus taught at Dallas College, part of the Dallas County Community College District. Today he remains very active in the welding community, especially in the field of education. He serves on several welding program technical advisory committees and has visited high school, college and technical campuses in more than 40 states and four foreign countries, providing one-on-one help and guidance to welding instructors and students. Jeffus was selected as Outstanding Post-Secondary Technical Educator in the State of Texas by the Texas Technical Society, and he served for 12 years as a board member on the Texas Workforce Investment Council in the Texas Governor's office. He also served as a member of the Apprenticeship Project Leadership Team, helping establish nontraditional apprenticeship training programs for Texas, and making numerous trips to Washington lobbying for vocational and technical education.

• PrefaceFeatures of the TextAcknowledgementsAbout the AuthorIndex of Experiments and PracticesChapter 1: Introduction to Agricultural Welding and FabricationChapter 2: Safety in Welding and FabricationChapter 3: Oxyfuel Welding and Cutting Equipment, Setup, and OperationChapter 4: Oxyacetylene WeldingChapter 5: Soldering and BrazingChapter 6: Oxyacetylene CuttingChapter 7: Plasma Arc CuttingChapter 8: Shielded Metal Arc Equipment, Setup, and OperationChapter 9: Shielded Metal Arc Welding of PlateChapter 10: Shielded Metal Arc Welding of PipeChapter 11: Gas Metal Arc Welding Equipment, Setup, and OperationChapter 12: Gas Metal Arc WeldingChapter 13: Flux Cored Arc Welding Equipment, Setup, and OperationChapter 14: Flux Cored Arc WeldingChapter 15: Filler Metal SelectionChapter 16: Weldability of MetalsChapter 17: Welding Joint Design, Welding Symbols, and FabricationChapter 18: Plastic and Other Nonmetallic Fabrication TechniquesAppendixBilingual GlossaryIndex

Preface Features of the Text Acknowledgements About the Author Index of Experiments and Practices Chapter 1: Introduction to Agricultural Welding and Fabrication Chapter 2: Safety in Welding and Fabrication Chapter 3: Oxyfuel Welding and Cutting Equipment, Setup, and Operation Chapter 4: Oxyacetylene Welding Chapter 5: Soldering and Brazing Chapter 6: Oxyacetylene Cutting Chapter 7: Plasma Arc Cutting Chapter 8: Shielded Metal Arc Equipment, Setup, and Operation Chapter 9: Shielded Metal Arc Welding of Plate Chapter 10: Shielded Metal Arc Welding of Pipe Chapter 11: Gas Metal Arc Welding Equipment, Setup, and Operation Chapter 12: Gas Metal Arc Welding Chapter 13: Flux Cored Arc Welding Equipment, Setup, and Operation Chapter 14: Flux Cored Arc Welding Chapter 15: Filler Metal Selection Chapter 16: Weldability of Metals Chapter 17: Welding Joint Design, Welding Symbols, and Fabrication Chapter 18: Plastic and Other Nonmetallic Fabrication Techniques Appendix Bilingual Glossary Index