This is the first of a two-parter in which ESAB’s Mick Andrews takes Andrew Pearce through the finer points of hardfacing, piercing and gouging. Sounds painful… Hardfacing is something of a mystery.

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In the second part of our series on hardfacing, ESAB’s Mick Andrews walks Andrew Pearce through gouging. In part 1 we covered a lot of ground – rod selection, buffering layers, pre-heating and cooling ...