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4-H Welding Project

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Explore several techniques and methods for joining metal together by welding. Use your new skills and the techniques to construct or repair items you use.

  • Practice safety guidelines.
  • Learn skills and techniques to construct or repair needed items.
  • Create art from welding materials.
  • Job shadow at a welding shop.
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OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPLORE:
  • Search your home and make a list of items that have been made by welding.
  • Demonstrate the proper procedure for setting up welding equipment at your 4-H club or communications art contest.
  • Visit a welding shop. Talk to the welders about how they learned to weld. Discuss the type of welds they make.
  • Visit an architectural or mechanical design firm that uses structural steel.
  • Visit a steel plant or local steel business.
  • Write and present a speech to a local community organization, your 4-H club or communications arts contest on careers in welding, changing technologies, the history of welding or the economic impact of the welding industry.
  • Interested in a college education in mechanical engineering or other fields related to welding? Schedule a visit with North Dakota State University, www.ndsu.edu.
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