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Buncha
7th Mar 2008, 04:21 PM
Hi,

A useful site with good advice in the "related articles" area.

http://www.millerwelds.com/interests/projects/

Buncha

Grahame Collins
7th Mar 2008, 07:47 PM
Millers ok but is written in American-ese

I would like to add an Aussie site that just getting mobile after a year or two.It needs contributors but has sections of all.I don't see it as an opposition to us but something thats an addittion to the Aussie sites already available.

http://allwelding.proboards81.com/index.cgi

Much better colour scheme than it used to be. And it has piccies now.

Lets start a list of Aussie welding sites.
theres another one or two out there ,but i can,t think of them at the moment but they have had a mention before.

what do you reckon?

Grahame

ShieldArc
27th Mar 2008, 11:10 PM
Hi,

A useful site with good advice in the "related articles" area.

http://www.millerwelds.com/interests/projects/

Buncha

Hi,
Here is a better site. http://www.lincolnelectric.com/knowledge/articles/list.asp
:D

Grahame Collins
28th Mar 2008, 08:35 PM
Thanks for the effort chaps, but those sites have been posted a few times before. They are written by Americans for Americans and while some points are use theres a lot of stuff thats not.

They use the imperial measurement system and their equipment, specifically oxy acetylene gear is built and coded to their own standards and nothing like ours.

A resource which is of more use because it uses Australian trade jargon and standards and is written for Australians by Australians, is this :

http://www.aussieweld.com.au/arcwelding/index.htm

Many of our contributors who require this type of knowledge are new to welding and become somewhat confused by the above , as an example ,the likes of " fast freeze electrodes "which our industry knows are cellulose based rods.
We don't use them to the extent the yanks do. Many of the Americans are obsessed with electrode tensile specs which are useful if you weld a metal matched to the electrode specs.

Unfortunately many of them use LH electrodes for welding on mild steel material which in turn has a ( slightly ) lower tensile break strength than the mild steel electrodes (6012s & 60 13's) that so many of them disdain.

This means if the metal does break it breaks in the mild steel side of the welding interface.I have read through their sites fairly widely and I have not yet found Miller or Lincoln sites that point this out.

Talk to Aussie metal tradesmen and most are familiar with this because of their trade training.Don't assume because it is American welding information it is automatically superior to that of our own .

While I am not denigrating the yanks, there are still many areas where there are small but vital differences in the culture of the industry and trade between the two countries systems.The information is good as back ground information for study but of little use for direct application
say in setting up amperage readings.

Don't for a moment, think they have they edge on us, as most of their industrial welders are niche trained for the industry specific task they do.The do have a great many number of welders than we do ,but our general standard is much better than theirs.

Australia trained welders have been eagerly sort out by American industry in past years because of their versatility.

Again, I am not wanting to start a row with any Americans on our board but merely pointing out some differences in the scope of some of the information applicable between the two countries.

Have a good weekend
You blokes
Grahame