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Karen Ruth (Author)
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You can pay a lot of money for decorative iron and metal furnishings, or you could learn to make them yourself. Experienced welder Ruth (Welding Basics) presents a good mixture of 25 metal-welding projects, including simple furnishings, garden accessories, and decorative elements. She offers patterns and instructions, but there is no handholding, no list of needed equipment or tools-this book is only for the hobby welder conversant in technique and tool use. Illustrations of final products are nice and large, but there are few instructional photos. Don't purchase unless you already have some basic welding books or there is demand. - Library Journal December 2006

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Artisan Welding Projects brings together project designs and complete directions for building 25 innovative, never-before-published metal-work projects. This book takes solid aim at growing numbers of amateur welding and blacksmith enthusiasts who are taking up the hobby as inexpensive yet full-featured welding equipment becomes widely available. It features the latest in welding equipment and techniques, and offers projects that are both practical and ornamental. It is the ideal book for budding art and craft welders, the largest growing segment of the rapidly expanding DIY welding market.
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Product Details

  • Paperback: 112 pages
  • Publisher: Creative Publishing international (October 1, 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1589232801
  • ISBN-13: 978-1589232808
  • Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.1 x 0.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #280,376 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars Good ideas, Good photos, Poor technique, September 17, 2007
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This is a good book for ideas. It shows what can be done with lightweight steel stock and a few metal working tools. The pictures are high quality.

However, the projects are poorly done. In a book like this, I expected to see professional looking welds with nice regular beads. Instead they look like pigeon droppings - the sort of thing one might expect from a rank beginner. Nor is this just a matter of appearance, some of the welds just look unsound with poor penetration and fusion. There is no attempt to design the projects so that the welds are out of sight and these are not the kind of projects where the look of the welds adds to the overall appearance, especially since they are so poorly executed. Some of the projects involve scrolled flat stock. The scrolls are not done well. Curves are misshapen, the ends have flat spots from the bender and matched pairs are glaringly assymetric. All these problems could have been corrected by taking a just little more time with the work. Many of the projects leave sharp corners in positions where they could cause a nasty gash if one were to bump into them.

I am left wondering if the author actually knows how to weld and whether she would have any of these items in her own home.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Artisan Welding Projects: 25 Projects for Hobby Welders, February 19, 2007
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Excellant book for hobby, craft or small job shop welders. Projects designs are easy to follow with a list of needed materials. Several of the finished products would make excellant extra income opportunities for a small shop. Absolutely nothing negative to say about the book.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars great present!, July 2, 2007
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I bought this book for my father as a gift for fatersday. According to him, this book is great! It is full of do-able projects, and the guidelines are easy to understand. The projects are interesting, and practical, and you can use the stuff you make in and around the home. A great gift!
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4.0 out of 5 stars Inspires Ideas
I'm new at welding delicate art projects so this book gave me some great ideas to grow on.
Published 17 months ago by Mark Artisan

4.0 out of 5 stars Not sure yet.
I am new to welding so I am not sure if this book is a good one or not. This summer I plan on giving some of these projects a try.
Published 18 months ago by Susan E. Byrnes

4.0 out of 5 stars A good idea book for fundamental skill building
The projects have a high school or technical school feel to them however I felt they were great skill building tasks that once mastered could be leveraged for more difficult... Read more
Published on June 27, 2008 by S. Ray

5.0 out of 5 stars A wide range of projects
This book has a wide range of projects from beginning to more advanced. The shipment came promptly and I'm very happy with it.
Published on January 7, 2008 by ACH

5.0 out of 5 stars awesome book
The nice thing about this book is it shows tricks and tips to make the metal shapes without having to have the expensive tools. Read more
Published on September 25, 2007 by Michael K. Bradley

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