The welding blueprint reading book for TIG pros

TIG Welding Secrets is the welding blueprint reading book for TIG welders who want to read prints with certainty and weld with intent. You’ll learn how to translate AWS-style weld symbols, GD&T essentials, and finish notes into precise TIG actions—joint prep, torch angle, heat input, and sequence. Decode fillet and groove callouts, root openings, bevels, contour symbols, and tail notes (WPS, process, gas, filler), then map them to stainless, aluminum, and thin-wall tubing workflows.

Built by experienced TIG fabricators and instructors, this guide favors clarity over theory: annotated shop drawings, step-by-step symbol keys, and realistic practice prints with answer checks. You’ll reduce setup time, avoid rework, and pass inspection by aligning weld size, reinforcement, and contour to the print—every time. Grounded in common AWS symbol conventions and practical ASME shop expectations, it gives you a repeatable blueprint-to-bead method you can trust on the floor or in the booth.

• Rapid symbol decoder: fillet/groove, contour/finish, backing, and all-around indicators—explained for TIG technique.
• TIG-specific guidance: heat control, distortion management, and sequencing derived directly from print notes and tolerances.
• Practical tools: fit-up checklists, filler matching (ER70S-2, ER308L, etc.), and quick math for weld length, size, and time.