Audel Pipefitter's and Welder's Pocket Manual
Complete Pocket Manual for Pipefitters and Welders With The Answers to Every Question You'll Encounter on the Job

By Charles N. McConnell

Excellent Pocket Reference for Both Apprentices and Tradespersons

Audel Pipefitter's and Welder's Pocket Manual

This little book is big on answers

Whether you’re an apprentice in the piping trades or a seasoned tradesperson, you’ll find this completely revised and updated guide has answers to the questions you’ll encounter on the job.

Get current, concise facts on

Metrics and conversions
Tungsten inert gas welding and arc welding
Steam heating, hot water, refrigeration, and air conditioning systems
Grooved end/plain end piping systems
Process piping using plastics
Automatic fire protection systems
Terms, BTU fuel values, abbreviations, angle calculations, and more

About The Author:

Charles N. McConnell has been a member of the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing, Pipefitting, Sprinkler Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada for over 60 years and has trained many apprentices to the piping trades. He has supervised and installed gas and oil-fired steam and hot-water heating systems and air conditioning installations at Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, and plumbing installations in schools, public buildings, and manufacturing facilities. He has supervised and installed process piping installations. He is the author of Home Plumbing Handbook (Delmar Education), the three volume Plumbers and Pipefitters Library (Macmillan), and other books related to the plumbing and pipefitting trades

Table of Contents:

1. Math and Metrics.
2. Calculating Offsets.

3. Pipe Welding with Oxyacetylene and Arc.

4. Automatic Fire Protection Systems.

5. Steam Heating Systems.

6. Hot-Water Heating Systems.

7. Air Conditioning and Refrigeration.

8. Process Piping Using Plastics.

9. Grooved-End and Plain-End Piping Systems.

10. Learning to Use an Instrument Level.

11. Pneumatic Control Systems.

12. Gas Piping.

13. Tungsten Inert Gas Welding.

14. Trouble-Shooting Tips for Arc Welding.

15. Pipe Welders’ Definitions.

16. Definitions of Heating and Air Conditioning Terms.

17. Glossary of Terms Relating to Plastic Piping.

Appendix: Miscellaneous Information.

Index

Soft-cover, 332 pages
Published 2003

ISBN: 978-0-7645-4205-3

Audel Pipefitter's and
Welder's Pocket Manual

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