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The Old Welder Comics shop tips safety and shop stories by Frank Tabor

Frank Tabor started his welding career by attending marine coppersmith school, then taught in the navy, worked in a long line of metal shops of the Northwestern US, and retired from welding in 1986. At age 80, he was full-time cartoonist, something he's always wanted to do. He combined his sense of humour and his industry knowledge in his stories and cartoons.

anvilfire is happy to have licensed his metalworking cartoons and presented them here as the base for our daily and weekly comics. His knowledge of welding is also presented in our Safety and Welding Tip of the Day series.

Below are samples of nearly 100 metalworking comics and articles in our Frank Tabor collection.


Spark Testing - Grinder Safety

A humorous safety poster from Frank Tabor and information about spark testing.


The Green Smoke Caper

A humorous story about hot iron and the smelly results another real life story from Frank Tabor.
WELDING TIP OF THE DAY : VOLTS and AMPS
Monday May 21, 2012 - 31/37
Many North American buyers of welding equipment try to get away with low voltage (115-120V) arc welders. While these DO work you should always go for the 220-240V machine unless you have no other choice. The reason is that a low voltage appliance can only do half the work of a similar high voltage appliance on the same electrical service. A 120V device uses only one side of a two sided system. A 30A 120V fuse or breaker only operates on one wire while a 30A 240V fuse or breaker controls two. Twice the power at the same amperage. The high voltage machine is a little more trouble to hook up but is well worth the effort. -guru


Stack Burning and Studs

Flame cutting tips presented with humorous real life stories from Frank Tabor.


The Horseshoe Caper

A cartoon from Frank Tabor and another from The Great Nippulinni

Middle aged couple passing pretty girl, man with neck twisted to see the girl. I only noticed her eyes because they're the color of blueprints.
"I only noticed her eyes because
they're the color of blueprints."
Frank's comics were all inked black and white drawings. Fill areas were cut and paste or rub on coarse screen dots. These were the standard for publication in most magazines at the time.

We have digitally added grey scale fill or color to many of Frank's drawings in a styles that are similar to the genre. In most cases it is only spot fill but in a few they are fully colored.

One whale to another about glogged blow holes. .
Do your Up-Spouts ever clog in the fall?







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