Stick Welding Handbook

By Mack Drew

Stick welding remains one of the most valuable skills in the welding trade because it works where many other processes struggle-outdoors, on structural steel, pipelines, heavy equipment, repair jobs, and demanding field conditions.
STICK WELDING HANDBOOK gives you a complete working foundation in Shielded Metal Arc Welding, taking you from first principles and safe setup through advanced positional welding, pipe work, quality inspection, and professional certification.
Whether you're learning SMAW for the first time, sharpening skills for the jobsite, or preparing for welding qualification tests, this handbook helps you understand not only what to do-but why each technique works.
Inside, you'll learn how to:
- Understand SMAW arc behavior, amperage, polarity, duty cycle, and electrical fundamentals
- Work safely around shock, arc radiation, fumes, confined spaces, heights, rigging, and hot work
- Select welding machines, leads, clamps, amperage settings, and field power sources
- Decode AWS electrode classifications including E6010, E6011, E6013, E7018, and specialty electrodes
- Control electrode storage, low-hydrogen practices, preheat, interpass temperature, and cracking risk
- Read welding symbols, fabrication drawings, WPS documents, and qualification records
- Master flat, horizontal, vertical-up, vertical-down, and overhead SMAW technique
- Improve arc starts, arc length, travel speed, electrode angle, weave patterns, and puddle control
- Perform pipe welding in 1G, 2G, 5G, and 6G positions
- Diagnose porosity, slag inclusions, undercut, cracking, incomplete fusion, and other weld discontinuities
- Understand visual inspection, MT, PT, radiographic and ultrasonic testing
- Navigate AWS, ASME, API standards, welder qualification, and professional certification pathways
Black-and-white instructional illustrations, quick-reference electrode charts, welding-symbol references, defect-correction tables, and a glossary support fast review throughout the book.Build the knowledge behind stronger, safer, more consistent SMAW work-get your copy today.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HH9Y7VLL
• ISBN13: 9798170971565
• Release Date: August 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 219 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.5" x 8.5"