modern marvels welding segment

[tooldude56]

Check out the Modern marvels program on the History channel right now.There is a quite interesting structural welding segment airing,as I speak.

tooldude56

[Mike W]

I am watching it tonight. There are some good pictures from Liincoln. They did a lot to advance welding back when rivets were king.

[wnkt]

It was a pretty good show, but Im a newbie so what do I know?

They had nice clear video of a stick weld in progress...closer view than when youre actually doing the welding.
They also had a short segment on explosion welding, that was pretty cool

[new_welder]

I was all set to watch it but it was a long, tough day yesterday so . . . I fell asleep and slept through most of it. I hope it's on again.

[Pumpkinhead]

Saturday, 7p.m. eastern

[jspald]

I starting watching that episode and that is amazing. 30 man hours on 1 weld. Talk about time consuming but critical.

[new_welder]

Saturday, 7p.m. eastern

Thanks. I will tape it this time.

[cjdavis618]

I was surprised they didn't cover more O/A welding. The pretty much went from rivets to SMAW.

[partagas]

I starting watching that episode and that is amazing. 30 man hours on 1 weld. Talk about time consuming but critical.

Just think about the poor ******* who had to bevel and prep that weld.............-

[cjdavis618]

I starting watching that episode and that is amazing. 30 man hours on 1 weld. Talk about time consuming but critical.

I think they said they had 2 people on that weld on each shift. I bet those guys got tired of each other.

[Island]

I was surprised they didn't cover more O/A welding. The pretty much went from rivets to SMAW.

I agree. Also, the way they focussed on Lincoln Electric makes you wonder a bit whether that company had financially supported the show. It wasn't a marketing piece by any stretch as Lincoln was apparently the company that pioneered electric arc welding but it was notable that they were the only arc welding story told.

I thought it would have been a better show if they had spent a bit more time on the developments of arc welding over the past hundred years or if they had discussed things like aluminum or plastics or gone a bit more into how critical welds on submarines etc are done. On the other hand, the part on explosive welding was great and I had never heard of that before. I can't wait to get a 110 volt explosive welder from Home Depot for use in my garage.

[ol smuggler]

I agree. Also, the way they focussed on Lincoln Electric makes you wonder a bit whether that company had financially supported the show. It wasn't a marketing piece by any stretch as Lincoln was apparently the company that pioneered electric arc welding but it was notable that they were the only arc welding story told.

I thought it would have been a better show if they had spent a bit more time on the developments of arc welding over the past hundred years or if they had discussed things like aluminum or plastics or gone a bit more into how critical welds on submarines etc are done. On the other hand, the part on explosive welding was great and I had never heard of that before. I can't wait to get a 110 volt explosive welder from Home Depot for use in my garage.

thats cause lincoln dominates the welding industry