Through out the course we were able to hear Ceri’s story, which was quite breathtaking. A fabric & abstract artist in her own right, Ceri met her husband and fellow artist Khabir Salahadyn at the beginning of time, or so it felt. We found that plasma cutting was much more difficult than welding and required a very steady hand. We all made individual designs in the form of trees, faces, and shapes. The real fun began once we welded the base to the stem and were ready to use the plasma torch to design our holders. In this process, a gas (oxygen, air, inert and others dependant on material) is blown at high-speed out of a nozzle at the same time an electrical arc is formed through that gas from the nozzle to the surface being cut, turning some of that gas to plasma. The plasma is hot enough to melt the metal being cut and moves fast enough to blow molten metal away from the cut. The electrode melts and combines with the metal to form the joint.
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We learned how to Stick weld, which is when an electric current passes between the metal and an electrode (stick). The end result after the materials cool is a strong joint or weld. The filler is melted and pools between the other pieces. We learned that welding is the process of joining two or more metal parts by melting the pieces and adding filler material. She invited us to her Collaboratory in Mesa, AZ to learn the craft of welding, plasma cutting, as well as, hear her amazing story.Įxploring the science and process of welding was fascinating and for us “road schoolers” as it offered us a wonderful learning opportunity. In typical nomadic fashion, we met Ceri Jones Salahadyn through a series of events and people.
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