Electric Welding

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. When, as mentioned above, the two parts to be welded have been placed against each other, in the electric circuit, which heats the metal at the juncture to a molten state, the separate parts will be united into one piece in such a manner that the joint is practically imperceptible, but at first a burr or upset is produced around the welded surface, composed of the expelled oxidized and otherwise inferior metal. This oxidation is, of course, removed, and then a perfect joint is the result.