Custom Welding Truck with Two Compound-Turbo Cummins Engines
Motivated by the steel industry and those coming back from WWII who got into welding, Steve Darnell built this custom welding truck complete with a 12-valve 5.9L Cummins as well as a 4-cylinder Cummins engine – both compound turbocharged. We got the details of the build during the 2022 Ultimate Callout Challenge.
NASCAR Technical Institute Launches New Welding Tech Program
Universal Technical Institute’s Mooresville campus, NASCAR Technical Institute(NASCAR Tech), has officially launched its new Welding Technology Training program, gathering with local dignitaries and employers for a ribbon-cutting ceremony alongside the campuses’ first class of welding students. The program is hailed as another achievement for workforce development efforts in the region and helps address the demand for
Universal Technical Institute Expands Welding Program to NASCAR Technical Institute
Universal Technical Institute (UTI) announced the expansion of its Welding Technology Training Program to its Mooresville, N.C. campus, NASCAR Technical Institute. This represents the eighth welding program that UTI has launched across its campus network and follows the successful fiscal 2021 rollouts of the program at its Bloomfield, N.J. and Lisle, Ill. campuses. UTI is also planning to launch its ninth
What is Microwelding?
Microwelding is defined as the transfer of sporadic particles of aluminum from the piston ring groove to the bottom side of the top piston ring in an internal combustion engine. OEM and racing research have shown that power increases when the top rings are moved closer to the piston deck. But, as top piston rings
Lincoln Electric Hosts Motorsports Welding Seminar
Lincoln Electric hosted its annual Advanced Motorsports Welding Seminar in Cleveland where representatives from NASCAR, IndyCar, the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) and off-road racing gathered to learn about the latest in motorsports welding techniques and procedures.
Lincoln Electric Opens New Welding Technology & Training Center
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. held an open house and ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the grand opening of its new Welding Technology & Training Center in Cleveland.
Lincoln Electric to Feature Celebrity Instructors for Welding Classes at SEMA 2016
Lincoln Electric has contracted with master builder and television personality Bryan Fuller and longtime educator and author Mark Prosser to team up to teach several seminars on welding and fabricating at Booth 24643 during SEMA, Nov. 1-4, at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
Lincoln Electric Welding Hand Tools
Lincoln Electric introduces three new welding hand tools – a chipping hammer, welding pliers and the Welper – designed to aid welding operators, regardless of environment or process.
Welding Cast Iron (#20)
Next, the crack must be fully “V” notched and ground smooth before welding can begin. I use a stick welder with a high nickel electrode, preferably with 85% nickel. This makes the weld softer and less likely to crack and easier to machine. When a high carbon electrode is used the high carbon content of
Lincoln Electric Announces Fourth Quarter Motorsports Welding School Class Schedule
All five-day classes, held at Lincoln’s corporate headquarters inCleveland, are taught by expert instructors in fabrication and are 70percent hands on. Basic Materials Courses are offered Oct. 4-8, Nov. 8-12 and Nov. 29-Dec 3. Advanced Materials Courses are offered Oct.11-15, Nov.15-19 and Dec. 6-10. Courses include instructions on why and how to back purge titanium,inconel
Miller to Bring 2010 SEMA Show to Welding Enthusiasts Online
Miller Electric Mfg. Co. is offering a unique online destination for automotive fabricators and welding enthusiasts to follow the welding company during the 2010 SEMA Show, Nov. 2 to 5 in Las Vegas. By visiting www.MillerWelds.com/SEMA, fans can get welding news and view exclusive interviews and points of interest from the show floor communicated through
Lincoln Electric Announces 2010 Motorsports Welding School Class Schedule
All five-day classes,held at Lincoln’s corporate headquarters in Cleveland, are taught by expert instructors in fabrication and are 70 percent hands on. Basic Materials Courses are offered on the following dates Feb. 8-12, Mar.8-12, April 19-23, May 10-14, June 14-18, July 26-30, Aug. 30-Sept 3,Sept. 20-24, Oct. 4-8, Nov. 8-12 and Nov. 29-Dec 3. Advanced
TIG Welding Aluminum Heads
To survive in the current economic climate, you must look for opportunities to become more profitable and still maintain control of your profits. You must always look for ways to keep more of what you do “in-house” and keep as much of the revenue you generate in the business. Whenever you can control what goes
Lincoln Electric Launches Welding Fume Awareness Campaign
The Lincoln Electric Company has launched its “Are You Ready?”awareness campaign, designed to educate employers, as well as thegeneral welding community, about effective fume control practices. Thecampaign is also designed to help fabricators understand both recentand upcoming Occupational Health & Safety Administration (OSHA)regulations, including the hexavalent chromium standards going intoeffect on May 31, 2010. Thecampaign
Hot Topics: In-House Head Welding Repairs Increase Profitability, Productivity
Do you outsource cylinder head repairs that require welding? If so, you might be missing an opportunity to generate additional income for your shop and reduce turnaround time for customers. Here’s a look at how you can potentially increase profitability and productivity by bringing it in house. Doing these kinds of welds successfully requires
The Latest in TIG Welding Techniques & Equipment
Like the swallows coming back to Capistrano, the monarch butterflies finding the same wintering site in Mexico generation after generation or the buzzards returning faithfully to Hinckley, OH, in my neck of the woods, I am back with an annual March update on TIG welding in general and welding aluminum cylinder heads and other engine
TIG Welding Opportunities: Working Magic In Cylinder Head Emergencies
Is there a machine in your shop that can be said to work magic? Not only can it fill cracks and repair broken castings, it has the power to create profits, restore power and turn back the hands of time. You might call it a TIG welder, but many of your most desperate customers will
Welding: Why weld aluminum?
As we are all aware, many of the components of the engines our industry remanufactures utilize this "mystery" metal. It first started with manifolds, then cylinder heads, timing covers, oil pans, lower main bearing girdles and finally blocks and all accessory mounting brackets. Don
TIG Welding Aluminum
The last thing you want to find when rebuilding a cylinder head is a crack. Yet cracks are common in many of today
Turbocharged LML Duramax Engine
We all know Tony and Tyler Burkhard of Dirty Hooker Diesel have some awesome drag racing and truck pulling Duramax powerhouses. But, the shop’s employees also have some awesome diesel combos. Check out Evan Berry’s turbocharged LML Duramax diesel engine!
