Aluminum Welding
#11
Re: Aluminum Welding
Originally Posted by BigWheeze
You can weld aluminium if it has a gas setup and teflon liner in the whip. Push Pull set ups work a lot better.
#14
Re: Aluminum Welding
Originally Posted by ju-on
We had a wire feed welder setup for Aluminum at my old work. I tried using it once. The ---- would feed so fast, I couldn't adjust it, and it burnt right through the metal in a split second. I gave up.
#16
Re: Aluminum Welding
Originally Posted by sikcrx89
correct me if im wrong but you could possibly weld aluminum with a flux mig you have to reverse the polarity and use copper wire... ive never done it but i have had some people say they have.
I could make you a nozzle that slips over the end of the gun that has a tube on it for argon. Teflon liners are cheap.
#17
Re: Aluminum Welding
Originally Posted by BigWheeze
HUH? You run DCEP with gas. Copper wire? Thats an incompatible filler metal for aluminium. Old trick was balling the tungsten with copper for a more stable arc.
I could make you a nozzle that slips over the end of the gun that has a tube on it for argon. Teflon liners are cheap.
I could make you a nozzle that slips over the end of the gun that has a tube on it for argon. Teflon liners are cheap.
#18
Re: Aluminum Welding
Originally Posted by gen4acclude
turn the amparage and feed down
#19
Re: Aluminum Welding
how the hell can you weld 2 peices of aluminum together with copper? and no shielding gas? you've got to be kidding... give your head a shake, you might hear some rocks rolling around up there.
i've used the old copper trick with mig welding steel by clamping a plate of copper to the edge of some steel to prevent the filler material from going over the sharp edge i wanted to keep.
i've used the old copper trick with mig welding steel by clamping a plate of copper to the edge of some steel to prevent the filler material from going over the sharp edge i wanted to keep.
#20
Re: Aluminum Welding
Originally Posted by weiRtech
how the hell can you weld 2 peices of aluminum together with copper? and no shielding gas? you've got to be kidding... give your head a shake, you might hear some rocks rolling around up there.
i've used the old copper trick with mig welding steel by clamping a plate of copper to the edge of some steel to prevent the filler material from going over the sharp edge i wanted to keep.
i've used the old copper trick with mig welding steel by clamping a plate of copper to the edge of some steel to prevent the filler material from going over the sharp edge i wanted to keep.