How to Read Shop Drawings with Special Reference to Arc Welding

This book for students and shop personnel provides a simplified approach to mastering the reading of shop drawings. Designed as a self teaching manual, How To Read Shop Drawings enables welders and others engaged in fabrication to better understand design, engineering and construction detailing.The book has been updated with the lastest information and application data on the American Welding Society Standing Welding Symbols. Detailed discussion tells how engineers and draftsmen use the "short-cut" language of symbols to pass on assembly and welding information to shop personnel. Practical exercises and examples develop the reader's ability to visualize mechanically drawn objects as they will appear in their assembled form. We have added a new chapter on Practical Projects, in an easy to follow format.Reprinted in 2016, 180 pages with more than 100 illustrations, Size 8 1/2" x 11", durable cover, board binding. Includes Welding Safety DVD