Welding: Principles and Applications Author: Amazon Prime Sign in to turn on 1-Click ordering | Language: English | ISBN:
1111039178 | Format: EPUB
Welding: Principles and Applications Description
Now nearing its 30th year of publication, WELDING: PRINCIPLES & APPLICATIONS (WP&A), 7th Edition is the authoritative introduction to the subject of welding. It's designed for students in a wide range of academic and workforce training programs who want to pursue careers as skilled welders and welding supervisors. The text also supports the needs of learners who need to achieve a basic level of proficiency in welding in their chosen skilled trade. While covering the procedural and safety information all students need, WELDING: PRINCIPLES & APPLICATIONS also explains underlying theories. The combination of hands-on information with clear explanations of theory is a hallmark of this book. The depth of coverage allows it to be used as the core text in a multi-course welding curriculum, generally starting with shielded metal arc welding, and then covering other basic processes and more advanced techniques.
- Hardcover: 976 pages
- Publisher: Cengage Learning; 7 edition (May 12, 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1111039178
- ISBN-13: 978-1111039172
- Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.8 x 1.6 inches
- Shipping Weight: 5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Bought this version after getting the 6th edition in hardcover (oops). This review is for the Kindle version ONLY.
E-waste.
Most books go through an editor, get some layout done, someone reviews the finished product. This book was put together by someone operating a camera or scanner, grabbing pictures of the pages from a printed text. Bad OCR software was used to generate the text and infer bold/italics.
Reading the chapter on safety, I was cautioned about the dangers of "chunk" keys left in drills.
Often, the bold-face type signifying "Figure 1.23" was applied to "This is some body text", making it very difficult to follow. Reading required an active reverse-engineering of the text. A bizarre context shift indicated an aside, a figure description, or another section had been stuffed in the text.
Images with text in them were unreadable. Table 1.2: Recommended Skills for Various Welding Occupations, was included in the Kindle version, but it's just a blurry fuzz that gets fuzzier as you zoom in. Can't read a word of it. Consistently, if you come across what would have been a full "page" image in the hardcover, you get nothing but fuzz in the Kindle edition.
The chapter on blueprints? Forget about it.
It's a shame, too. The hardcover 6th edition Welding: Principles and Applications 6th Ed. (Textbook & Study Guide/Lab Manual) (which I also bought, without the lab manual) deserves every bit of its 5-star rating.
Let's add insult to injury. Bought it? Discovered it's awful? You're stuck with it; no returns.
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