{"product_id":"basic-welding-for-farm-and-ranch-essential-tools-and-techniques-for-repairing-and-fabricating-farm-equipment-paperback","title":"Basic Welding for Farm and Ranch: Essential Tools and Techniques for Repairing and Fabricating Farm Equipment - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam Galvery\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMichael Martindell\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFarmers, ranchers, and homesteaders who know how to weld can repair and even fabricate some equipment on their own, saving both time and money. \u003ci\u003eBasic Welding for Farm and Ranch\u003c\/i\u003e introduces this crucial skill and covers the most popular techniques used by the home hobbyist and DIY devotee, with chapters and detailed illustrations dedicated to oxyacetylene welding (or gas welding), stick welding, MIG, and arc welding, as well as brazing and soldering. Along with guidance on equipment selection and use, and safety precautions, this book offers 12 projects and repairs commonly faced on the small farm or homestead, with step-by-step photography guiding readers through building a wall-mount hay feeder, repairing a garden rake, making horseshoe hooks, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSave Time. Save Money. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Your equipment is valuable. Knowing how to repair and fabricate essential hardware will help make it last. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Master the fundamentals of welding, brazing, and soldering so you can repair equipment both big and small, from a garden rake to a mower. Learn to add a bale spear to your tractor bucket, build a wall-mount hay feeder, or make metal hooks. Real repair scenarios help you strategize for those moments when you need to fix equipment in bad weather, at awkward angles, or out in the field.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam Galvery is a retired professor of welding technology. He has more than 30 years of industrial welding experience and is an American Welding Society Certified Welding Educator and Instructor. For many years, he taught welding at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, California. He now lives in Panama City, Florida. \u003cbr\u003eMichael Martindell is an artist and custom metal fabricator with over 25 years of welding experience. He currently works out of his studio in Holyoke, Massachusetts, and teaches classes in beginner welding and metal sculpture at Snow Farm, a New England craft school in Williamsburg, Massachusetts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 10.7 x 8.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 19, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770682081568,"sku":"9781612128788","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/265ec9e91ec6ec0c8af99a5b2ae6d01c.webp?v=1780376929","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/basic-welding-for-farm-and-ranch-essential-tools-and-techniques-for-repairing-and-fabricating-farm-equipment-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}