Frank C. Tabor (1919 - 2012) 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 a full-time cartoonist, something he's always wanted to do.
His cartoons were published in national magazines such as Saturday Evening Post, Good Housekeeping and many others.
He combined his sense of humour and his industry knowledge in his stories and cartoons.
One of his favorite sayings, "Don't let the coyotes get you."
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.
To see the rest, check back daily.
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Spark Testing - Grinder Safety
A humorous safety poster from Frank Tabor and information about spark testing.
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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 : Welding Courses | Saturday Jul 27, 2024 - 1/52 |
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The primary reason to take welding courses is to learn the dozens of VERY important safety rules and the reasons for them. Welders who have learned on-the job or in a home shop need to take these courses no matter how good a welder they are. The possibility of personal injury, injuring others or causing a fire or other disaster is too great not to learn the proper care and use of welding equipment and materials.
Your welding text book is also a good source of reference data such as orifice sizes and pressures for cutting, rod applications and other hard to remember information. - guru
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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
"I only noticed her eyes because they're the color of blueprints."
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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 styles that are similar to the genre.
In most cases it is only spot fill but in a few they are fully colored.
Do your Up-Spouts ever clog in the fall?
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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. To see the rest, check back daily.
![](tabor/tabor_50_tn.jpg)
![](tabor/tabor_32_tn.jpg)
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.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 Nippulinnithey're the color of blueprints."
We have digitally added grey scale fill or color to many of Frank's drawings in styles that are similar to the genre. In most cases it is only spot fill but in a few they are fully colored.