Aluminum welding with Mig.

[Rrunnach]

You have no chance of keeping a woman happy.....lol.

 

[norlander]

Fingers crossed at it will keep the wife happy

good luck with that one mate.

Have fun with the new kit-I love the smell of new welders in the workshop in the morning.

 

[lexi]

I have only played around with a wire liner and no special roller with 0.8MM TIP and 6mm wire.
It didn't produce results like that so easily. Pure Argon and a standard Portamig 210.

How much is the nifty R Weld mig? Very quiet feed motor.

 

[spaffmonkey]

I brought a spool gun on eBay last week and arrived yesterday looks the part but gotta organize some argon gas to use it with now.

 

[norlander]

I brought a spool gun on eBay last week and arrived yesterday looks the part but gotta organize some argon gas to use it with now.

post up how you get on when you get the gas etc., have fun with the new kit.

 

[octo0072000]

thanks Doubleboost, as informative as ever, you make that look fairly easy to do and at least I know what it should look like next time I attempt to do some proper mig welding of aluminium as Ive only been playing with bits of scrap so far.......

.....I only want to do one job and thats to weld up some triumph vitesse bumpers so they are one piece (front and rear) and ditch the over riders on my Triumph herald when I rebuild it. here a piccy pulled off the web to show where Im going.

don't think you will have much luck on the welding the bumpers the alloy is only a cover not a bumper not sure if it's even alloy
it's a odd sort of stuff
i used to work on standard triumph years ago

 

[JpnnyL]

I could recommend a pulsed welder for aluminium. Less heat less distortion. More money but friends here might say it's worth it.

 

[Rrunnach]

Better to hone the skill on a bog standard mig machine and, then do a few runs on a synergic with pulse, or double pulse, to really appreciate the difference.

Similar example welding carbon pipe in position, 6 to 12 with bog standard mig plant. Change to STT, 12 to 6, where lack of pene is nigh on impossible!

Start at the bottom, work your way up, this includes old tech, moving to new tech. Although the latter two are very cost prohibitive.

 

[Kent]

Better to hone the skill on a bog standard mig machine and, then do a few runs on a synergic with pulse, or double pulse, to really appreciate the difference.

Similar example welding carbon pipe in position, 6 to 12 with bog standard mig plant. Change to STT, 12 to 6, where lack of pene is nigh on impossible!

Start at the bottom, work your way up, this includes old tech, moving to new tech. Although the latter two are very cost prohibitive.

I think the comments you made in the thread are all very valid, we don't all just mess in the shed and that should be born in mind by all. Dumbing down should be avoided IMO, if you don't get it or need it just don't pay it any heed. never been a fan on migging ali but it is quick for sure

 

[Rrunnach]

I guess it is all down to type of work one does of course and, it does have it's uses. I can tell you, our Trident deterrent have internal alloy components, mig welded!

Synergic plant are really good, lay down a stack of dimes one would think was tig welded!

 

[F.J.]

I have a few sets which I use for ally, part from the tig set I have a Cebora Jaguar mig pulse set with push pull torch, a Cebora 2020 synegic and a linoln 360 powertec for the bigger jobs. All do ally really well with the pulse just out there in front a bit of the other two

 

[Kent]

I guess it is all down to type of work one does of course and, it does have it's uses. I can tell you, our Trident deterrent have internal alloy components, mig welded!

Synergic plant are really good, lay down a stack of dimes one would think was tig welded!

don't get me wrong here if a had a lot to do quickly I should certainly use a MIG. that said the last job I did of size was re-lining an ali tipper waggon back a long time ago. sort of surprised about the MOD job but then again to say we are the worlds fourth military power you might think they could sprig for another few hundred quid

 

[Rrunnach]

Internal alloy extrusion to house missile firing electronics, lightweight, easy and quick to weld = much cheapness!!

Use to fab up housing for mobile battle control rooms for Army. RFI shielding panels fully al/al mig, those were the days when UK use to make stuff.