Hi neighbours! We’re WeldTechExperts — sharing practical safety tips and real-life advice for welding shops and tradies. Based in Australia, we write about gear, standards, and what actually works in the workshop.
Let's keep our workplaces safe and our skills sharp.
The Tweco 4 became the standard because it was the gun that kept working when other things stopped. Replaceable trigger. Interchangeable necks. Parts at every regional supplier in Australia.
#Tweco4 #MIGWelding #WeldingAustralia
That's not luck. That's design.
The Code of Practice isn't legislation. But if you're not following it, you need to demonstrate your approach is equivalent or better. After an incident. With documentation. Under scrutiny.
Read it before it becomes relevant the hard way.
Three helmets. Three different jobs.
1. WeldSkill → learning
2. Weldarc → daily trade work
3. Arcmaster → production and precision
The difference isn't just price. It's optical class, sensor count, and how much of your day you spend wearing it.
The empty outlines on a shadow board are the whole point. You can see what's missing without opening a drawer, without asking anyone, without stopping work.
That's what proper workshop storage looks like in practice. Learn more today!
"We have PPE" and "we meet our WHS obligations" are not the same thing.
This article explains what Australian WHS law actually requires in welding workplaces — who is responsible for what, what the fume exposure standard now is, and what a WorkSafe inspector is actually looking for when they arrive.
The rework on the right took three days to fix.
Know what you're buying before you buy it.
Worth a read before your next supply review. 👇
"The machines were cutting out thermally in summer at lower duty cycles than expected."
Duty cycle is rated at 40°C ambient—the same temperatures many Queensland workshops see in summer. Thermal margin determines whether a machine keeps running through a shift. Learn more!
Same shade. Same compliance mark. Different optical class. Different sensor count. Different neck load at end of shift.
The ADF helmet category has a wide quality range. Here's how to read it. 🪖 Link below.
#Speedglas #WeldingHelmet #TIGWelding #AustralianWelding #WeldingSafety
Green tag ✅ — machine passed an electrical test. Thermal imaging during load test 🔥 — primary winding hot spot at 80°C above ambient. Same machine. Same day. Test and tag and machine condition assessment are two different things answering two different questions. Your fleet needs both. Learn more!
"The induction was excellent. The equipment maintenance was absent. The extraction unit hadn't moved in months." The paper system looked fine. The actual system didn't exist.
Welding safety is an operational system — not a compliance record. 📋
