Welding 101 - Types and Quality

Of course, it depends on what you want to weld.

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Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG), Metal Inert Gas (MIG, wire welding), AC/DC stick welding, Oxy Acetylene, electron beam, friction, stir, etc. Best quality depends on the materials to be joined, how and where the welded material will be used, the environment that the weld must be done in, and mostly the skill of the welder.

As other posters have already listed the many different types of welding processes I will not re list them. With manual welding while it is important to pick the right process it is left up to the skill of the welder to make a sound weld. Welding is a skill and it takes many years to develop into a good welder that knows when he is making a sound weld. Of all the different types of welding MIG is probably the easiest to learn.

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