How To Weld Aluminum!This is a basic overview of how to weld aluminum. For specific instruction get Tig Welding Basics and Advanced Tig Welding. They are excellent videos that cover this subject. Welding Aluminum is quite a difficult challenge compared to standard welding of steel, this is because the welding type required to weld Aluminum. To weld Aluminum you need to use a TIG welder, this type of welding is a lot more difficult than MIG welding because its not a semi automatic type of welding and requires a lot more skill and concentration. Equipment required to weld Aluminum If you want to learn how to weld aluminum then you will need the correct equipment to do this, the most important of all the equipment needed is a TIG welder but this is not the only equipment needed. Other equipment required to weld aluminum is safety clothing, welding goggles or mask, a stainless steel brush, welding rod or wire and an Argon gas supply. First of all you need to clean the Aluminum surface you want to weld, it makes the whole process alot easier and can held you keep a clean weld as there is no dirt or debris that can affect your work. Once you have cleaned your Aluminum you need to put the two pieces you wish to weld together, now Aluminum has a tendency to warp or create gaps between the sheets you wish to weld so you have to be extra vigilant in ensuring no gaps form. Now you can start the TIG welder. This involves using a generator to strike a welding arc, once you have your welding arc you can start welding. For TIG welding this involves creating a welding pool by putting the TIG welding torch down close to your welding area, here you will see the TIG welder moving in a small circular fashion at the point in which you wish to weld, you do have to be careful with this as undue care will make the welding arc become unstable. What you need to do is move the welding torch in a slow and deliberate fashion and at a constant distance away from your work, while doing this you also need to feed in the filler welding rod to help the welding gap. If you move too slow with the welding torch you will find that the Aluminum starts to warp and even melt, but if you move to quick you will not get a quality weld and the Aluminum will not stay together. Summary Of How To Weld Aluminum... TIG welding is a fine art that needs plenty of practice, unlike MIG welding that tends to be picked up at a faster speed. To help you learn how to weld aluminum and how to tig weld take many small off cuts of Aluminum and keep practicing welding them together. As with all welding techniques remember that safety comes first! Related Articles: Copyright WcWelding.com All Rights Reserved.
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