gasket999
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Hi folks.
I have a nice little mig welder that serves 90% of my needs.
I, very occasionally, need to do some work on aluminium as I work on (predicatably) Land Rover bodywork.
Generally, any repairs are on small panels that have been caught by electrolytic corrosion or badly creased from a bump and these panels can all be bought quite cheaply - so it’s just a case of drilling out the old spot welds and replacing with new. I’ve always used Countersunk aircraft/solid rivets - but with values of the older models going up I’d love to do repairs as-per factory using spot welds.
I keep looking at the little handheld spot welders in Machine Mart and, with a longer set of jaws I could reach virtually all the repairs I need to do.
does anyone know if these are capable of welding aluminium? Thickness ranges from just over 1mm up to close to 2mm depending on the panel. The type of aluminium is one of the Birmabright alloys and replacement panels tend to be 5251 so I’d often need to join the two.
unfortunately the adverts on the website and the staff in my local MM have been unable to confirm though some reviews do mention aluminium in passing.
If I did more aluminium I’d buy and learn to use an AC tig welder, but it’s quite a rare event.
thank you.
I have a nice little mig welder that serves 90% of my needs.
I, very occasionally, need to do some work on aluminium as I work on (predicatably) Land Rover bodywork.
Generally, any repairs are on small panels that have been caught by electrolytic corrosion or badly creased from a bump and these panels can all be bought quite cheaply - so it’s just a case of drilling out the old spot welds and replacing with new. I’ve always used Countersunk aircraft/solid rivets - but with values of the older models going up I’d love to do repairs as-per factory using spot welds.
I keep looking at the little handheld spot welders in Machine Mart and, with a longer set of jaws I could reach virtually all the repairs I need to do.
does anyone know if these are capable of welding aluminium? Thickness ranges from just over 1mm up to close to 2mm depending on the panel. The type of aluminium is one of the Birmabright alloys and replacement panels tend to be 5251 so I’d often need to join the two.
unfortunately the adverts on the website and the staff in my local MM have been unable to confirm though some reviews do mention aluminium in passing.
If I did more aluminium I’d buy and learn to use an AC tig welder, but it’s quite a rare event.
thank you.