Plumbing Repair: Welding Tips for Winter Pipe and Plumbing Problems
Plumbing Repair Welding As winter arrives in the USA, and brings with it freezing temperatures that cause water within your pipes to freeze mid-flow and other related problems, it’s time to know the different problems that can happen with plumbing and pipes. At...
Mirror Welding: Tips And Techniques For Success
What Is A Welding Mirror? Trying to weld a joint on your car but with no easy angle to see what you’re doing? That’s when a welding mirror comes in. With welding mirrors available for professionals or DIY fanatics, these mirrors can be positioned to give you a clear...
Your Guide to 2021 Winter Home Maintenance
Winter Home Maintenance Tips Winter home maintenance is an excellent way to ensure your home is prepared for colder weather, as it will help to keep you and your family safe and warm during storms and cold temperatures. Addressing any issues now will also prevent them...
DIY Farm Equipment Repair: The Key to Successful Farming
Farm Equipment Repair DIY farm equipment repair is an essential skill set for any successful agricultural operation. If you’re currently working in agriculture, you’ll know that your farm buildings and machinery require ongoing upkeep and maintenance to remain in...
A Brief Look at Underwater Welding Careers
Underwater Welding Careers This isn't your average nine-to-five. Underwater welding is an exciting and rewarding career choice, but it's not for the faint of heart. If you're an adventure-seeking individual and in peak mental and physical health, learn what a career...
Five Welding Joint Types Explained: A Guide to the Basics
While our previous blogs looked into troubleshooting problems, and other topics, let us help you now to further your welding knowledge by looking at five common types of welding joints including butt joints, lap joints, corner joints, T joints, edge joints. Before...
A Guide To Utilizing Silver Solder in Jewelry Making Applications
Utilizing Silver Solder in Jewelry Making Soldering silver can become very technical, and there are plenty of different ways to go about it. However, for at-home beginners and budding silversmiths who want to start soldering jewelry, it’s important to understand the...
Summer Travel Safety 2021: Repair Tips for Vehicle Emergencies
Summer Travel Safety: Vehicle Maintenance And Travel Preparation Tips Summer travel is an American tradition loved by millions. While many of us take care to plan our travel itinerary down to the smallest details, vehicle safety is often neglected. Whether you’re...
Aluminum Air Conditioning Repair Tips And Techniques For The DIYer
Aluminum Air Conditioning Repair Tips During the summer months, you need the air conditioning system in your car to be in pristine condition, especially if you intend on hitting the road and traveling in your vehicle frequently. However, the aluminum pipes and...
Troubleshooting Common Welding Problems
Troubleshooting Common Welding Problems Troubleshooting common welding problems is a necessary part of developing welding proficiency. At MuggyWeld, we believe that every weld should be a good weld. While we ensure that the utmost care and correct welding technique...
Overview of Gas, Torches, & Torch Tips for Brazing/Soldering
Gas, Torches, & Torch Tips for Brazing and Soldering Turn up the heat. We’re telling you everything you need to know about gas, torches, and torch tips for brazing and soldering. Learn what types of gases react to various materials, the best torch for brazing and...
Differences Between Brazing, Welding, and Soldering
Brazing Welding and Soldering Brazing, welding, and soldering are three methods of joining metals together. The average person often uses these terms interchangeably, and for good reason – each process involves the use of heat to melt metals. In the construction...
Silver Solder Welding: The Use of Silver Solder in Ornamental Applications
Silver Solder Welding Silver solder welding is a practical skill with a wide range of applications. In fact, if you’re building anything that uses metals, you will at least need to know how to join them together if you are to make anything of value. But welding is not...
Aluminum Boat Repair with Oxyacetylene and Super Alloy 5
Aluminum Boat Repair Tips If you own an aluminum boat or want to be able to help others maintain their aluminum boats, you can learn how to fix a range of problems. Aluminum boat repair is easy when you have the right welding products, and Muggy Weld stocks brazing...
Micro-Channel Welding with a Brazing Torch
MicroChannel Welding with a Brazing Torch Microchannel tubes (also called multiport extrusion tubes) are flat and rectangular tubes made of a number of channels. They are used for fluid or heat transfer and can increase heat transfer, offering a higher...
Women in Welding: A Rapidly Growing Sector
Like many other trades and work involving physical labor, welding is often seen as a male pursuit. While the vast majority of welders are men, there are women in the field, also. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 3.8% of a total 520,000 people employed in...
Cast Iron Welding: How to Approach it the Smart Way
Cast iron welding is a necessary skill. Let’s say that the exhaust manifold on your Caterpillar digger cracks on a job site and you need to repair it. What should you do? Well, historically, the most reliable method has been to apply a special heating and cooling...
The Ultimate Classic Car Restoration Guide
Classic cars need classic restorations For most contemporary automobiles, repair involves obtaining readily available parts and supplies and finding a good mechanic. Classic car restoration and repair, however, is a much more complicated process. Many...
Cast Iron Types: A Beginner’s Guide to Cast Iron Identification
Due to the temperamental nature of all cast iron types, there’s a common—as well as unfortunate—misconception that it’s nearly impossible to create a quality weld using cast iron. Several welders have been misinformed regarding the possibilities found in cast iron...
Flux in Welding: Advantages and Tips for Proper Use
Welding is an art that, both in the creation and reparation of several projects, offers abundant possibilities. Where reparation is involved, many aren’t aware of the true extent of the solutions that welding can provide. Many seemingly impossible projects are indeed...
Welding in Shipbuilding: Applications and Career Opportunities
Welding is an essential component of a litany of industries, including the automotive, aerospace, and railroad industries. Another task that highly relies on the results that welding provides is shipbuilding. It would be impossible for these structures to operate as...
History of Welding: A Brief Guide to the Evolution of the Craft
Welding is a trade used in several different industries, and the results are essential for some such as shipbuilding and aerospace. Without it, the structures built in these industries would be nearly impossible to create. As different technologies continue to evolve,...
Automotive Welding: Maintenance Repair in the Automotive Industry
We’ve mentioned the industries that benefit from quality welding services several times. Our descriptions were brief, and we’d like to explore them further. Today, we take a look at the automotive industry and the role welding plays in it. The industry certainly...
The Importance of Using High Quality Welding Products
Welding is a trade in which everything—from your skill level to the tools you use—plays a role in determining product quality. Welding is labor intensive, and it’s ideal you do the job correctly the first time. Today, we focus on why you should pay special attention...
Repair Welding: An Overview of the Basics to Get Started
When we consider welding, we often first imagine the Middle Ages; this is when blacksmiths first developed the basics of the craft as we know it today. The art has evolved and changed over the years, and modern advancements have only improved it. It’s a well-respected...