Brad Goodman shares some tips on how to hold your torch when TIG Welding
How to make full penetration welds on aluminum butt joints
Brad shows us how to keep trash out of our welds.
Word for the wise... if you get a call for a job and they say it'll be "really quick and easy"... Well, you probably already know.
One of the biggest struggles for new aluminum TIG welders is learning to feed TIG wire. In my opinion, it's one of the hardest parts of aluminum TIG to get ahold on.
Today we're looking at what I would consider the most common weld in aluminum fabrication - the open corner. Let's take a look at helpful position tips and a starting point for your settings.
Today we're gonna look at how I prep my plasma cut aluminum plate for welding. I'm using an 80 grit sanding belt...
In this video, I compare travel speed of an aluminum joint welded with TIG vs one welded with a spool gun
A laser cut aluminum star provides lots of different angles and opportunity to learn things like hand position
American Welding Society AWS D17.1 is the specification for Aerospace Fusion Welding Applications. This Specification provides details for welding certification as well as production welding.
A typical test required to certify a welder in aluminum is the 2f tee fillet weld test.
A common weld repair is to weld up a part that was accidentally machined wrong ..or a tool crashed or a corner got smashed when someone dropped a part.
In this video, I had a piece of thick aluminum that was a proto type part but it had an area that was also mis machined. preheat and bead sequenc...
Walked thru portions of an Aluminum Bike build with Mike Zanconato of Zanconato custom cycles. Aluminum TIG settings using a Miller Dynasty 280DX and expansion card with amplitude settings
In this video you will see TIG welding aluminum lap joints and comparing Stargon AL, argon/helium, and pure argon.
In this video you will see...Tips and Techniques for TIG Welding a 2g Horizontal Aluminum Butt joint. Cleaning, penetration, cup size
This video shows TIG welding several different alloys. Carbon Steel, 4130, Stainless, and Aluminum. Arc Length is key
This video shows several perspectives for tig welding aluminum outside corner joints. Clear arc shots along with machine settings, tips and techniques
This video shows lots of beads during an exercise I call "the aluminum drill".
In sports, there are drills designed to improve certain skills.
Because Aluminum requires so much more feeding of the wire than steel, this drill will help that filler wire feeding hand to get up to speed.
The basic settings are 100-140 amps using foot pedal so basically what that mean is at times I am at 140 amps but also much lower when heat soaks the small practice piece.
i used nearly 140 amps but when the aluminum gets soaked with heat, I used the foot pedal to use less amperage.
AC balance ...
TIG Welding an Aluminum lap joint uphill with nothing to prop on but the hot aluminum.
16ga 6061 aluminum using 1/16" (1.6mm) 4043 filler.
I used a tapered 2% lanthanated 3/32" (2.4mm) tungsten.
Welding small aluminum coupons with a chill backing,
This can also be done without backing but on small pieces of aluminum heat can saturate the piece and the puddle gets very watery.
Chil...
You’ve probably read how aluminum needs to be really cleaned thoroughly before welding.
A lot of aluminum can be tig welded without doing a whole lot of cleaning it really depends on the application.
For general fabrication, often times a wipe with acetone or alcohol will do the trick if the me...
Doesnt do much good to have 280 amps if your tig torch is only rated at 150 amps.
So I hooked up a water cooler and water cooled tig torch and brought you along in case you need to do the same
This video shows the butt joint portion of this aluminum hurricane project and how a #5 alumina cup can be the best choice for certain aluminum welds
This project was sent to me by a laser cutting company that sells them as weldable kits. It was a good practice project that required a lot of different torch angles. Rotating the torch head as you weld is shown along with plenty of instructive arc shots
