This document provides an overview of essential tools, equipment, and supplies for welding. It describes the primary purposes and functions of an auto-darkening welding helmet to protect eyes from sparks and heat, welding gloves to prevent burns and injuries from sparks, MIG welding pliers to easily manipulate welding tools, and welding magnets to securely hold metal pieces in place for welding without clamps. It also briefly outlines chipping hammers, welding framing jigs, speed squares, metal brushes, angle grinders, sheet metal gauges, soapstone, metal files, C-clamps, welding boots, welding carts, welding sleeves, and safety glasses as important tools for welding tasks and safety.

1. WELDING TOOLS,
EQUIPMENT AND
SUPPLIES
Presented by: Nicole C. Alemis and Merry Cris P. Alegada

2. WELDING TOOLS

3. Auto-Darkening Welding Helmet
- The primary purpose of any type of welding
helmet is to prevent sparks and flames from
scarring your face while you work and prevent
damage to the skin and eyes from the heat. The
glass covering the eyes is shaded to only allow a
certain amount of light through at a time,
allowing you to see without damaging your eyes.

5. WELDING GLOVES
- Gloves are pretty self-explanatory. Welding
gloves consist of robust fabrics and insulation,
preventing injuries from heat and stray sparks.
Welding gloves are easy to find anywhere you buy
gloves, but they are essential to any form of
welding you might do.

7. MIG WELDING PLIERS
- MIG welding pliers will allow you to remove
the nozzle, loosen the contact tip, remove weld
spatter and cut wire with ease.

9. WELDING MAGNETS
- With the use of a welding magnent, you can
hold pieces of metal in place without the use of
clamps and manipulate them easily. They also
allow you to mount pieces of metal and weld
them at an angle to one another. In short, they
allow for pieces of sheet metal to be welded in
ways that clamps would not allow.

11. CHIPPING HAMMER
- Chipping hammers have a flat side and a pointed
side, optimized for different kinds of slag. You
may not use these overly often, but they make
the process of welding much cleaner and more
manageable.

13. WELDING FRAMING JIG
- Welding Framing jig provides an apparatus for
welding at 90 degrees angles. While you could
use a welding magnet for this, a framing jig allows
for a much greater degree of support while
welding allows for heavier metal pieces to be
used. Unlike magnets, it also allows for multiple
components to be tack welded together at the
same time, all at a perfect 90 degree angle.

15. SPEED SQUARE
- A apeed square is an angular measuring device
shaped like a right triangle, allowing for multiple
forms of measuring at different angles. You can
use measure any piece either perpendicular to
another for a 90 degree cut or at any other angle
with your speed square.

17. METAL BRUSH
- A metal brush removes slag and charring from
the top of cooled welds and leaves the whole
thing looking nice and clean.

19. ANGLE GRINDER
- Angle grinder are also useful for preparing metal
before you weld. To avoid defects like porosity
and cracking, you will want to clean the base
metal. While this can be done with a wire brush,
an angle grinder can save you a lot of time.

21. SHEET METAL GAUGE
- A steel metal gauge is a wheel with teeth
spaceddifferent widths apart corresponding to
sheet metal’s various standard widths. As a tool,
the sheet metal gauge is indispensable for
welders of any skill level.

23. SOAPSTONE
- Soapstone is used as a marking implement tht
easily removed after you are done. Think of it as a
piece of chalk made specifically for writing on
metal.

25. METAL FILE
- It is similar to the angular grinder, the metal
file’s primary use is to remove rough edges and
burrs from the metal that you cut.

27. - C clamps allows a greater amount of pressure
than pinch clamps or even some welding clamps,
allowing for a musch more solid hold on whatever
you need to clamp.
C CLAMPS

29. WELDING BOOTS
- Any pair of welding boots need to be as robust
as possible. Stout leather and steel reinforced
toes are a must. The intent is to protect your feet
from molten metal falling on them.

31. WELDING CART
- A welding cart allows you to move all of these
things more easily and efficiently. Some welding
carts also have tool boxes attached to them,
giving you a nice spot for everything else on this
list.

33. WELDING SLEEVES
- Welding sleeves are detachable sleeves, usually
made from leather or other non-flammable and
robust fabric, that protect your clothes and skin f
damage.

35. SAFETY GLASSES
- Safety glasses are made from durable plastic and
stop sparks off of something like an angle grinder
from flying into your eyes.