How To Tig Weld Aluminum Tubing. An aluminum tig weld difficult application. Laser beam and electron beam welding:
The tig wins flat out on titanium and some alloys of aluminum, like 5086 and 5083. Manual welding aluminum with a traditional mig torch and an 0.046 wire, use a conventional. They came apart pretty easily, right on the weld seam.
In the part video of the aluminum awning project, you will see jd hanging the awning in place at the job site and running his power mig 210mp using a generator.
Well for aluminum, you might need as much as 1.5 amps per thou. Use a gas lens to distribute the shielding gas evenly and to create a smooth gas flow over the weld puddle. If a robot is used and the wire feed control is mounted on the robot, a push pull system is. I prefer to tig whenever i can, but there are times when mig with a spool gun is the way to go.