It finally happened
2nd Gear
Joined: Mar 2005
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RE: It finally happened
ORIGINAL: flyboy
Aluminum, tricky to weld. Cast Aluminum, damn near impossible. It can be done but jeez, Good luck though.
ORIGINAL: achTTung
Hey man, remember, you have a welder at your disposal, if it has a little damage, theres no harm in trying to fill in a ding, or a small crack on an otherwise worthless head.
Hey man, remember, you have a welder at your disposal, if it has a little damage, theres no harm in trying to fill in a ding, or a small crack on an otherwise worthless head.
Aluminum, tricky to weld. Cast Aluminum, damn near impossible. It can be done but jeez, Good luck though.
Very good point if you need to weld Aluminum find scrap pieces and test with. you need different tungsten rods to weld Alu. I'm not sure on the settings to use if it is AC or DC but I can find out for you.
Zombie Defense Force
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 7,782
From: Dallas
RE: It finally happened
what kind of shop are u talking it to?. i always like to watch people work on my car if i cannot do it so that way i can learn and get to save money next time it needs to be done
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3rd Gear
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 1,990
From: Perkasie, PA / Potsdam, NY
RE: It finally happened
well i live in the middle of nowhere so Im taking it to some ghetto shop down the rd, like 3mi away. They rebuilt my roomates saturn motor and let us come watch and take pics and the guys are cool there...hopefully they know what they are doing or hopefully they have a good insurance policy
5th Gear
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 6,678
From: Colchester, VT
RE: It finally happened
Very good point if you need to weld Aluminum find scrap pieces and test with. you need different tungsten rods to weld Alu. I'm not sure on the settings to use if it is AC or DC but I can find out for you.
Aluminum, tricky to weld. Cast Aluminum, damn near impossible. It can be done but jeez, Good luck though.
Pssstt.....
(I'm a welder. I weld aircraft fuel controls, rocket ignition cases, and little tube things that go in Abrams tanks)
An Audi is nothin!
ha!
4th Gear
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 4,540
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RE: It finally happened
ORIGINAL: achTTung
Pssstt.....
(I'm a welder. I weld aircraft fuel controls, rocket ignition cases, and little tube things that go in Abrams tanks)
An Audi is nothin!
ha!
Very good point if you need to weld Aluminum find scrap pieces and test with. you need different tungsten rods to weld Alu. I'm not sure on the settings to use if it is AC or DC but I can find out for you.
Aluminum, tricky to weld. Cast Aluminum, damn near impossible. It can be done but jeez, Good luck though.
Pssstt.....
(I'm a welder. I weld aircraft fuel controls, rocket ignition cases, and little tube things that go in Abrams tanks)
An Audi is nothin!
ha!
Good for you. Not everyone has the resorses to weld aluminum, I didn't say it couldn't be done. Its just not for the average iorn welder to takle on something like a cylender head.