Tigging Aluminum. Mike B this is for you

[TJS]

Kind of off topic but I needed to make a bracket for my plow set up on my truck. Ya Ya I know the season is over and is not a BSR. I want to mount my controls on my nice home made center console. I turned up some bushings to act as spacers and also counterbored them for socket head cap screws. This bracket will bolt to the face of the console so I can just rest my right hand on the console and control the plow with out leaning over.

Mike the key is hot and dip fast. The settings are as follows:
Machine 2006 Miller Dynasty 300DX
AMPS=196
Balance 72
Frequency 150Hz (this is adjustable on a Dynasty Machine)
Tungsten 3/32" Brown (lanth)
Pure Argon 13 CFH
Filler 3/32 5356
Work material 6061 3/16" angle, bushing thickness-- who cares...

T.J.
ps- some day I am going to build an all alum. BSR.

[Terry Skinner]

So, are you bragging or complaining?? Looks good to me. As an experiment try a smaller fill rod. You can get a smaller weld bead with the ripples closer together. Sometimes I weld beer cans together (just for fun) and use a larger fill rod to keep the HF from burning thru the aluminum. But my open circuit voltage is 47v. Down at the machine shop they have a miller that goes down to 5v OCV and that thing is like making jewelry. Often times the part is machined with a small lip of excess material that is used for the filler. Talk about perfection..........Terry

[Mike Bean]

Hi TJ,

Thanks for the info. Actually I had done some aluminum TIG a few weeks ago and it worked out pretty well. I did find I had to dip fast or the filler would melt / ball up.

I will get some photos posted soon on here a welding web.

Thanks again!

Mike Bean

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