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by sistack
Fri Feb 24, 2017 4:21 pm
Forum: Tig Welding - Tig Welding Aluminum - Tig Welding Techniques - Aluminum Tig Welding
Topic: what tungsten is best for aluminium welding
Replies: 24
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what tungsten is best for aluminium welding

what is the best type of tungsten for Aluminium welding
I'm using a Thermal Arc ArcMaster ACDC 300
at present i'm using white tip
thanks
Simon
by sistack
Fri Oct 16, 2015 2:55 pm
Forum: Welding Forum General Shop Talk
Topic: weld snapped on forged steering drop link?
Replies: 16
Views: 1969

Re: weld snapped on forged steering drop link?

I work in a full machine shop but it's a brouched spline can't be cut on a gear shaper
and I'm not going down the route of wiring it out
by sistack
Fri Oct 16, 2015 2:45 pm
Forum: Welding Forum General Shop Talk
Topic: weld snapped on forged steering drop link?
Replies: 16
Views: 1969

Re: weld snapped on forged steering drop link?

its a mod putting power steering on it using a power steering box from a different van and splines are bigger on the new box
so the only way to do it
by sistack
Fri Oct 16, 2015 2:32 pm
Forum: Welding Forum General Shop Talk
Topic: weld snapped on forged steering drop link?
Replies: 16
Views: 1969

Re: weld snapped on forged steering drop link?

steel of some sort but not cast iron
by sistack
Fri Oct 16, 2015 2:05 pm
Forum: Welding Forum General Shop Talk
Topic: weld snapped on forged steering drop link?
Replies: 16
Views: 1969

weld snapped on forged steering drop link?

HI Lads hopefully someone can shed light on where I went wrong I cut the bottom of one steering drop link and welded it to the top part of a different link for a landrover 101 fc I pre heated it and they tig welded it with 316 stainless rods and just got a call form the owner to say it just snapped ...
by sistack
Sat Apr 18, 2015 4:51 pm
Forum: Member Introductions
Topic: HI new to this forum
Replies: 19
Views: 1946

HI new to this forum

Hey Lads Just thought I'd give a background of what I do by trade I'm a toolmaker making assembly tooling but over the past 20 something years I have become the main welder in the machine shop I work in using mig and tig in stainless steel and aluminium and arc welding mils steel I also am a Landrov...