Here are seven guidelines that will help new welders become good welders. Getty Images

Q: I have been teaching welding for a couple years now, and one of the questions my students always ask is for me to show them some tricks of the trade. What are your feelings about this?

A: This is the time when you can tell them that once they learn the trade, they’ll be able to understand the tricks of the trade. The basic principles of how to weld and why certain things are done really have not changed in the 48 years I have been in this business. Here are seven guidelines that will help new welders become good welders:

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