WELDING FOR BEGINNERS
WELDING FOR BEGINNERS

WELDING FOR BEGINNERS

Learn to weld, step by step, with this beginner’s guide.

Welding for Beginners, adapted from Stephen Blake Christena’s Learn to Weld, has outlined the basics required to build a successful welding hobby and illustrated them in these pages. Both practical and inspiring, this book teaches you the basic equipment you will need, setting up your work area, techniques for beginners with project ideas for practicing your skills, dos and don’ts, and welding safety.

If you are inexperienced and want to start out strong—whether working in a home workshop, school workshop, blacksmith shop, or auto shop—this is the perfect reference. The projects illustrate the basic foundation techniques that every welder needs to know while also helping you tackle problems and fix mistakes as well as shortcuts and level-ups. Photographs and illustrations teach welding, and clear, concise, easy-to-read text takes all the confusion out of the learning processes. 

This easy-to-use book includes:

  • Welding techniques for simple, practical repairs and small artisan home projects 
  • Safety and protective gear
  • Workshop set-up plans
  • Basic equipment and upkeep
  • Basic welding types, including arc and MIG
  • Common mistakes and troubleshooting
  • Project ideas
  • Instructive photos showing process details for successful results 
  • Tons of quick tips and welding hacks to give beginners a strong foundation to improve upon

Get welding!

MOTHER EARTH NEWS PREMIUM SELF-RELIANCE & COUNTRY SKILLS, 7TH EDITION
MOTHER EARTH NEWS PREMIUM SELF-RELIANCE & COUNTRY SKILLS, 7TH EDITION

MOTHER EARTH NEWS PREMIUM SELF-RELIANCE & COUNTRY SKILLS, 7TH EDITION

Turn your dreams of country living into a reality!

The Mother Earth News Guide to Self-Reliance and Country Skills offers more than 100 pages of beneficial articles that will assist anyone wanting to live a more self-sufficient life. Nothing compares to the feeling of enjoying a meal that was raised and grown on your own land … no matter if it’s just the delicious preserves from your garden or the entire feast. This guide also features great articles on the best staple crops for building food self-sufficiency, simple seed starting, and small-space gardening! You can even learn how to brew your own beer!

More articles include:

  • 27 All-Time Best Tips for Living on Less: Mother Earth News readers share tips for wiser living.
  • Start a Self-Sufficient, 1-Acre Homestead: Live off the land with these strategies for establishing self-sufficient food production, including advice on crop rotations and raising livestock.
  • Cast No Aspersions on Cast Iron: Learn how to use old-fashioned cookware to its greatest advantage.
  • The No-Mortgage Natural Cottage: From treehouses to tiny homes on wheels, a no-mortgage shelter can help you eschew expensive rent and debt.
  • Want Milk? Get Goats: Dairy goats can supply your family with milk inexpensively.
  • Make Your Own Herbal Medicine: To find ingredients for many basic herbal remedies, you often need to look no further than your own backyard.