ATOCI to Aircraft Welding, 1941

Table of Contents

PREFACE. v
FOREWORD BY WALTER H. BEECH. ix
INTRODUCTION BY J. E. SCHAEFER. x
CHAPTER
1. EQUIPMENT. 1
2. TOOLS. 7
3. MATERIALS. 15
4. WELDS-CHARACTERISTICS AND TYPES. 22
5. STRESS. 31
    A. Expansion and Contraction
    B. Cracks
6. JIGS. 37
7. METHODS OF CONSTRUCTION. 47
8. ALUMINUM AND STAINLESS STEEL WELDING. 65
    A. Aluminum Welding
    B. Stainless Steel Welding
9. PROBLEMS (EXERCISES) IN AIRCRAFT WELDING. 70
    A. Steel
    B. Aluminum
    C. Stainless Steel
10. DRAWINGS AND PRINTS. 99
    A. Drawings
    B. Classes of Prints
    C. Meaning of Lines and Symbols
11. TABLES. 105 105
12. AIR CORPS SPECIFICATION. 111

INDEX
Abbreviations AW 108
Acetone AW 1
Acetylene AW 1
Acetylene tanks I
Air Corps specification AW 111
Air test AW 55
Alloy steel chrome-vanadium AW 16
Alloy steel chromium AW 16
Alloy steel molybdenum AW 16
Alloy steel nickel AW 16
Alloy steel silico-manganese AW 17
Alloy steel tungsten AW 17
Aluminum flux for AW 66
Aluminum kinds of AW 65
Aluminum welding of AW 95
Aluminum rod AW 67
AN parts bolts AW 10, AW 12
AN parts method of coding AW 10
AN parts nuts AW 13, AW 14
Annealing AW 18, AW 93
Army test
Army test aluminum (group IV) AW 116
Army test cluster AW 87, AW 116
Army test cross AW 90, AW 116
Army test plate AW 92, AW 114
Army test stainless steel AW 116
Army test tubes AW 94, AW 114
Assembly prints AW 101
Bill of material 104Biplane AW 51Blue prints AW 100
Butt welds aluminum AW 96
Butt welds stainless steel AW 98
Butt welds steel AW 28, AW 92
Cantilever construction AW 58
Carburizing flame AW 5
Caseharden AW 18
Center line AW 101
Center punch AW 7
Centering head AW 9
Change block AW 103
Changing rod AW 25
Chrome-vanadium steel AW 16
Chromium steel AW 16
Cluster welds AW 26, AW 76
Cold laps AW 23, AW 71
Combination set AW 8
Contraction AW 31, AW 34
Cracks, causes of AW 34
Cracks, repairing of AW 36
Cross-hand welding AW 73
Curtiss damps AW 14
Cutting line AW 101
Design of welded joints AW 33
Detail prints 101.
Dies AW 8
Dimensions AW 102
Dividers AW 9
Downhill welding AW 73
Draw heat AW 18
Drawings AW 99
Drilling accurate holes AW 7
Drills AW 8, AW 109
Dutchman clamps AW 43, AW 81
Elastic limit AW 15
Elevator AW 57
Elliptical tubing AW 20
Elongation, per cent of AW 15
Etching of steel AW 86
Expansion 31, AW 34
Expansion reamer AW 8
Extension line AW 101
Fairing AW 50
Fatigue strength AW 15
Fin AW 56
Finger strap AW 80
Finishing welds AW 26, AW 72
Fish-mouth joints AW 29, AW 82
Flame (oxyacetylene welding), adjustment AW 5
Flame (oxyacetylene welding), analysis AW 4
Flame (oxyacetylene welding), temperature AW 6
Flange weld (aluminum) AW 96
Flux, aluminum AW 66
Flux, stainless steel AW 67, AW 69
Forgings AW 29, AW 83
Fuselage AW 32, AW 47
Fuselage fittings AW 49
Grain in steel AW 34
Gravity, effect on puddle AW 25
Gussets 27, AW 78
Hack saw AW 7
Hardening AW 17
Heat treatment AW 17
Heavy to light sections.. AW 25
High-carbon steel AW 15
Hinge AW 58
Horn AW 58
Hydrogen AW 33
Insert AW 28
Installation print AW 101
Invisible (hidden) line AW 101
Iron AW 15
Jigs AW 37
Landing gear AW 61
Leading edge AW 57
Lines and symbols AW 101
Low-carbon steel AW 15
Major assembly prints AW 101
Medium-carbon steel AW 15
Micrometer AW 9
Miter joint AW 83
Molybdenum steel AW 16
Motor mount AW 54
Motor-mount fitting AW 53
Neutral flame AW 5
Nickel steel AW 16
Nickel-chrome steel AW 16
Normalizing AW 18
Oiling AW 56
Oxide AW 29
Oxidizing flame AW 5
Oxyacetylene flame AW 4
Oxygen AW 1
Oxygen tanks AW 1
Oxyhydrogen flame AW 95
Pattern AW 54
Penetration AW 22
Prick punch AW 7
Primer AW 56
Projection drawing AW 99
Protractor head AW 9
Quarter weld AW 75, AW 77
Quenching AW 18, AW 19
Reamer AW 8
Regulator AW 2
Ribs AW 58
Rivets AW 97
Rolled edge AW 23, AW 71
Rudder AW 56
S.A.E. classification of steel AW 17
Safety rules AW 4
Sand blast AW 56
Scarf joint 28, AW 82
Shrink allowance AW 32
Side panel AW 49
Silico-manganese steel AW 17
Silicon AW 24, AW 93
Spar AW 57
Square head S
Stabilizer AW 57
Stainless steel, flux for AW 67, AW 69
Stainless steel, kinds of AW 67
Stainless steel, welding of AW 98
Stainless rod AW 67
Steel, alloy AW 16
Steel, high-carbon AW 15
Steel, low-carbon AW 15
Steel, medium-carbon AW 15
Steel, stainless AW 16, AW 67
Strap AW 29
Streamline tubing AW 20
Strength of metals AW 105
Strut fittings AW 51
Stub tubes AW 13
Subassemblies AW 39
Tail surfaces, elevator 57 -
Tail surfaces, fin . AW 56
Tail surfaces, rudder AW 56
Tail surfaces, stabilizer AW 57
Tailwheel AW 51,60
Taps AW 8
Tee welds, aluminum AW 97
Tee welds, steel AW 26, AW 71, AW 75
Tee welds, stainless AW 98
Temperature chart AW 107
Threads AW 8,110 z
Title block AW 103
Tolerance AW 102
Tools AW 7
Torch, low-pressure (injector) AW 4
Torch, medium-pressure (equal) AW 4
Trailing edge 57
Transformation range AW 17, AW 106
Truss AW 52
Tubing AW 20, AW 105
Tungsten steel AW 17
Ultimate tensile strength AW 15
Undercut AW 24, AW 72
Vertical welding AW 71, AW 73
Warpage AW 34
Weld characteristics, burning . AW 24
Weld characteristics, cold lap AW 23
Weld characteristics, penetration AW 22
Weld characteristics, pin holes AW 26
Weld characteristics, rolled edge AW 23
Weld characteristics, shallow AW 24
Weld characteristics, undercuts AW 24
Weld characteristics, uniformity AW 24
Welding to heat-treated parts AW 19
Welding rod, aluminum AW 67
Welding rod, high-test AW 21
Welding rod, mild-steel AW 21
Welding rod, stainless-steel AW 67
Wing fittings AW 51
Witness line AW 101
Wrapper AW 79