[jmtebbens]

Android based please.

It needs to be aimed at newbies, so the following would be a start:

Get the welding calculators from Miller for all three processes. They're $4 a piece. That's a good start.

Also useful:

Pictoral directory of welding joints and fitups

Definiton of DC+, DC-, DCEP, DCEN

Basic info about different rods (6011, 6010, 6013, 7018, 7024, etc) including usages, positions, storage, etc.

A section about safety including chlorinated brake cleaner and galvanized.

A big illustrated section with examples of weld bead issues (too fast, too slow, too hot, too cold, arc length, etc) with different types of rods.

This would be cool, but not sure about legalities, a search function that would lead you directly to threads here on WW.

That's off the top of my head. I'm sure there is more.

 

[jmtebbens]

You gotta see it. The pictures are the key to a good app, IMO. Somebody with a lot of experience doesn't need an app. The person who needs it is probably in their garage and doesn't have anyone to show them what they are doing wrong, or what it looks like when it is right.

Look at how many threads here are exactly the same: How's my weld? Same answers: Too hot. Too slow. Etc.

Pictures will be crucial to a successful app.

 

[jmtebbens]

Forney's welding manual from the 70's has a good section on the joints and definitions of them. Take a look at that for a template.