How to TIG Weld Gaps in Aluminum
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- čas přidán 28. 11. 2020
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Great idea with the zoom instruction. I’ll have to take you up on that sometime. Love the videos. 👍🏻
Sounds good thanks!
Always a pleasure watching your videos.. greetings from Nogales Sonora Mexico
Thank you very much!
"You would never give this to a friend" 🤣🤣🤣
I follow Dusty, and saw him pass it onto you.
Well done on the 7/16" gap, it came up really nice!
Cheers Aaron
haha Nice! Thanks bud!
Great vid, cheers bud for the nice simple explanation, I’m new and find stainless far easier, ally is a real challenge for me, might have to take you up on some help sometime
Nice what kind of tungsten did u use
Just an fyi.. If you use compressed air make sure you have a good filter, if not you will possibly contaminate the parent metal with moisture and other containments.. I'm speaking from experience, its best to wipe the metal with acetone after cooling it down with compressed air that might be questionable just to clean off any contaminates.. Also when filling in big gaps use a thick copper plate on the back side of the joint if feasible to make it easier to bridge the gap and to keep the root side well shielded from O2.. Keep up the great work☺👍
Never thought of the comtaninates from compressed air! Deffinitly copper is the way to go! Even mild steel works, just not the best
@@5thStreetFab Your air may be fine, but I have worked in some places over the past 20 years where watery oily mist comes out of the compressor lines. If you have a good filter/ separater system and good dry air it's not an issue. Take care🙏
Been waiting for this! Saw prior challenge from Dusty at pacific arc!
Right on! Sorry it took so long
Yep, me too lol way to go Max! Who won btw?! Lol jk yall both did awesome ;)
Man your one hell of a welder I weld aluminum mostly lately when I get ready to run a bead add filler it blackens then it'll come out why is it blackening its been cleaned brush and ace toned can you help?
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Good technique for huge gap
Can you grind the surface? Make it look oem? Is that possible?
It was kind of cool when you were tacking, I could see the gap closing on both the 3/16 and 3/32 gaps.
I’ve been watching your welds for awhile you do outstanding work I would like someday to do a zoom ,I have a everlast 255 ext good machine,still learning,stick welder by trade,thanks for your videos
Awesome! Just shoot me an email
Thanks for the video, I have been experimenting with tungsten angles as much as 90 and 120 degrees, those angles seem to focus the arc better. What has been your experience?
Ya! On aluminum im usually around a 90° taper. It seems to keep your tungsten from eroding to quickly
Need to do this with a machine like the Primeweld 225 x ! Be more realistic for us want to be welders That be a better challenging!
4:40 Notice the gap close up due to the heat. Pretty cool
Ya I noticed when I was welding it that it had shrunken up at the end but didn't know when it happened!
Great stuff throughout your channel. Suggestion: Since you sometimes like to set max/high voltage and work your peddle. If you could show an inset window where you film the actual voltage as you weld (Dusty likes to do it) it could be super helpful to help your viewers understand your technique a bit better. Enjoying all your work. Thanks!
Thanks dude! Ive done it a few times i just need another reliable camera
@@5thStreetFab indeed...
You produce what a lot of guys wanna do with their welds - and in a unique way. Your explanations are terrific - but since u like to work the peddle, it’s like we only have two legs of the stool. Image of the amps would be awesome (but, yeah... another camera and more editing... ). Thanks for all.
Good stuff. Would like to see gap filling on thinner aluminum, like .05 or .062. That would be instructive. I am a marginal welder and a shit fabricator, so I am always welding 1/16" to an 1/8" gap on thin stuff.
Good idea! If you can clamp something behind it is your best method! Next is sizing your filler to where it is bridging the gap already. Then just pedal bump it as you go!
@@5thStreetFab Thanks brother. Usually I weld up gas tanks for motorcycles, and cannot get behind the gap. (Of course I could just do a decent job on fitment....but sometimes on really strange curves it's hard to get a tight fit up.
@@robertos4172 ya man i can understand that! Make sure to let it cool down between passes and your life will be much easier!
Nice. LARRYMOORE
what tig machine would be your preference. airco heliwelder v 300 or prime weld tig 225 for aluminum and stainless?
I havent had a chance to run either of them. My preference would be what i can afford and then how many amps
Out of curiosity I googled the airco and all I get are old used welders. Almost no information. What are you actually comparing here? Are they even similar?
@@danl.4743 yes. just asking if you prefer a large transformer square wave, scr control with 350 amps or a lower cost igbt type with more arc control. the transformer machines are selling fairly low now.
🤔 EN is electrode negative which gives more pen and EP positive which gives more cleaning action
Exactly
How you film arc ?
I have an ND filter and set my iso to 100 and f stop to 32
I came from Dusty's channel looking for this video
Roght on! Dusty's an awesome dude!
What tungsten were you using ??
3/32" 2% lanthanated
@@5thStreetFab From reading HTP Invertig 400 manual, the welder was designed to be used with the 2% CERIATED. What is your thought on that?
Your results with the LANTHANATED are super!
Thank you for making this video.
Filming welds is so difficult... I don't know how you do it so well normally.
I usually have 2 or 3 pieces to weld, so i can check how it looks. This one i only had one shot haha! Thanks dude
And playing guitar too. Wow 😂
Give me a bar of copper and I'll fill any gap XD, also how come you never once showed the backside?
when you say EN 70% it sounds like more negative than positive?
Less negative. So its basically running 70% of your main amps on EN and 100% on your EP
Ya what he said, on HTP's one side of the wave is always 100% of amps. 70%EN/100%EP in other words. 70% of 350 amps focused of penetration, all 350amps focused of cleaning lol ya
@@DCweldingAndArt nice explanation! I forget other machines show it differently
@@5thStreetFab thanks bud! dude...I just tried this challenge on .090" material....omg. :[ lol what a mess on that 7/32!!! Hahaha like fido's butt! The 3/32 I was like hell ya, sweet stack of dimes, I got this...ohhh no. That sh*t did NOT go how I was envisioning lol I mean, it stuck together but yours is like, well, like someone whose been filling aluminum gaps for 15+ years. I'll get there :)
thanks. nice video
Satan LOL