How to TIG Weld 6g Aluminum Pipe (GTAW)
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How to TIG Weld 6g Aluminum Pipe (GTAW) Is a video where I show my techniques and procedure for welding 6g Aluminum pipe or tubing.
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The welding starts at 17:00 this video has a lot of random tips for welding aluminum. Thanks for watching!
as always, great video man!
Hi have you come with porosity in overhear Aluminium pipe welding?
Clearer arc shots would be nice. Also a demo on sch 80 pipe would be good. Thanks
We watch your videos all the time in class tying to learn aluminum we have some older equiptment and unknown metal but we use you as a source for information on how to do it. Thank you!
Thank you! That's really cool to hear! Dont worry i never welded with new equipment until a year or 2 ago!
Your rambling helped me, thanks!
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Excellent work!
As usual great vid. Thanks again for taking your time to educate.
No problem bud! Thanks for taking the time to watch!👊
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very informative. thanks again!
Your welding is very nice 👍
Thank you!👊
It's allways interestesting to watch another Left hand welder like my self and the different hand angles .👍😎
I know what you mean! Checkout pacificarctigwelding here on youtube a great left handed tig welder!
You guys mean “wrong” handed. And you must have to buy a special torch. None of my “normal” torches seem to work right when I try to use them in my left hand.
@@ryanjones9305 haha ive made videos before where i mirrored them so they looked like i was a righty. It seems like right handed people have trouble learning from watching a lefty!
5th Street Fab well that’s because you guys do it backwards. I think it’s a birth defect.
@@ryanjones9305 haha definitely not enough oxygen at birth!😉
Nice video
Good information
GREAT vid man! Super good! Why you gotta have nicer filming than I do?! haha nice work man!
Haha just wait for next weeks! My daughter filmed the first couple minutes
very good your video you are a good welder i also really like welding i a pity that things Face
Awesome work! Thanks for sharing. What Pyrex cup and gas lens are you using? I’ve learnt a lot from watching your videos. Thank you.
Thank you! Its an edge welding cup #7.
Cool video man, do they do any NDT or DT were you work for Aluminium pipe .
Yep. It depends on the boat. On some government boats we do DT where they do tensile strength pulls. And some dye pen
Nice work bro. What types of applications use aluminum piping? Is it like marine plumbing? Water /waste lines and such?
Do the pipes usually get purged for code work?
I do marine piping, so im not sure what else other than automotive. We dont do any purging, thats usually when people have an open root aluminum joint.
Any info or details on the positioner? I am getting more and more jobs that are going to require one. I'd rather build one that lay down $2k to be honest.
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Ya its just a 5" dividing head i bought off amazon and adapted it to run a nema 23 motor. Its alright but almost ends up beimg cheaper to just buy one
without a purge, did it still pass radiographic testing (RT)?
Where did you get that torch holder at? Thanks
Awesome! I just discovered your channel a few days ago, and have watched the intercooler video at least 3 times now- You're an artist! I am setting up to TIG weld 0.020 aluminum sheet (very thin) regularly, and my small shop only has 110V electric, not 220V... is there a particular welder you'd recommend? I'm down to a Square wave TIG 200 from Lincoln, or a Miller Syncrowave 210, but that's only after talking to Lincoln or Miller sales people, not someone who *KNOWS* welding aluminum like this... is there a machine or brand for very light aluminum sheet TIG that you'd recommend for good quality work that won't be used for anything else, and no heavy production work?
You should check out the PrimeWeld 225x. There are lots of reviews on RUclips, and one of the best review videos is from The Fabrication Series.
Right on dude! It can be welded on really any acdc machine. I did airplane prop covers that were .020 and .034 with an old transformer syncrowave back in the day so the machine doesnt matter that much. Im also sponsored by htp so i have to mention the dual voltage invertig221. But just get what you can afford! The higher end the machine the longer it should last and weld. The cheap ones work great but dont hold up to a ton of use. Also i just run my inver221 off of my 30 amp dryer plug! I just ran an extension cord to my shop. Good luck bud!
@@5thStreetFab Thanks so much for taking the time to reply! USAweld doesn't show any in stock, so I'll give them a call on Monday and see how far out they are... if that's good enough for you, then I'm confident that it will be more than enough for me, plus I can make the most of the helpful tips you share in your videos. From what you're saying then, any cheap machine I can find until they have them in stock should work? Thanks again for the reply!
@@michaelburry8332 no problem! And yes as long as its an ac/dc machine it will work it just doesnt have the bells and whistles. I had the ahp alphatig 200 and it lasted for about 6 months before it started going downhill. Worked great until then
When I tried to weld 6g pipe , I don't get penatration down side of pipe. I star to weld down of side of pipe as you did. Give me advice for this problem.
What shielding gas did you use?
WATCHED YOUR VIDEO ON TIG WELDING ALUMINUM PIPE,6G,3 INCH(SCH 5),THE PREP WAS PRETTY GOOD,YOU ALSO COULD OF CLEANED IT(INSIDE AS WELL AS OUTSIDE OF JOINT)WITH ACETONE.MAKE SURE YOU LET IT DRY BEFORE YOU WELD.-BUT I THINK YOU SHOULD MAKE IT SO EVERYONE CAN WATCH YOU WELD.YOU SHOULD SET IT UP THAT WAY.
WHY ARE YOU YELLING?
What is gap in the fitup
Complimenti mi piace molto la tecnica della bacchetta piegata ,grazie per questo bellissimo video 👏👏👍👍😉
A lot of people are picky about cleaning aluminum. I’ve been hearing that when wire brushing it, the brush should move in one direction like brushing hair ... rather than back and forth like brushing teeth. What’s your experience and practices? I know it’s subjective to different situations.
Ya i like to brush everything before tacking parts together to get it cleaned the best. That way doesnt seem to matter if you brush one way or back and forth. If its tacked together its better to go one diraction. But it takes 3 times longer to clean. Bakck and forth will imbed more crud in the joint.
5th Street Fab so maybe if you haven’t tacked it yet, back n forth might be not as bad as when it’s already tacked.
Great
Number one
I really need to practice some aluminum pipe. I’d like to pick up some inner cooler work
Its fun stuff! The next video im doing is a mock up of intercooler piping
5th Street Fab hells ya!
5356 on 5083 armor. I love when my shop cuts crap on the water jet and embeds garnet into the material. And then the air compressor pukes oil into the air line and sprays all over my parts. I never get to use 4043.
Haha it can be a mess sometimes! I've been doing a lot of 5086 4" and 6" piping lately. Does it weld similar to 5083?
@@5thStreetFab not sure. I just put the EP 35% less than EN, between 75 to 80%balance at 100 to 120 hz with 75 25 gas and let it wet out.
I have a couple pics on instagram. I'll put more one day. @nthwelding
@@trailerpark187 finally dude!
awsome graetbeadwhat type of cup used
Thanks! It was an edge cups number 7.
what kind of material is the tigtorch cup
@@ricardopena2545 i think its pyrex
@@5thStreetFab thanks again
Use a j groove when welding aluminum.
Yep its definetly the best but i dont have a router bit to do it. And up to 3/16" i find a 45° bevel still lets me burn the root in nice
@@5thStreetFab If you look at your included angle in the video you can see it is not 90 degrees. This would indicate your bevel angle is not "45 degrees". Common pipe bevel angle on carbon, stainless and Al is 27 1/2 degrees. Your included angle looks to be very close to that.
@@5thStreetFab I have never done a cp weld on thin wall aluminum pipe , but I see how a bevel works for such applications.
@@johnseptien3138 I think he was just meaning in the video that he held the aluminum pipe to the belt sander at a 45 degree angle. And if the belt sander wan't in a perfect 90 degree angle and it was tilted forward or back im still sure with his experience that he has and how long he's been doing this, he has a good enough eye to hold the pipe at a 45 to the belt sander. Now whether or not that makes a 45 degree bevel, who knows. The point is to just make a bevel on the thicker pipe to get better penetration which is what he likes to do. It doesn't have to be that specific. It's just for penetration that's it, nothing more. Just put a bevel on it so you can have better penetration is the point he's trying to get across.
@@WickedMoto If you've ever been looked out by an inspector for "fit-up" or "weld prep" you'll know what I'm talking about. Called for angles are critical and understanding the difference between bevel angle and "inclusive" angle are tantamount. They are either called out on the print or specified in the code procedure. (Or WPS) So, I guess if you're just a job shop and doing walk-in repairs not code work or Welding to Procedural Specifications you're good to go. Grind what ever angle you want to get "pen" and crack on!
Shouldn’t you have a gap and purge? It’s an alloy ?
Not aluminum. Ive heard of people purging aluminum but its very rare. Normally its just stainless and titanium and a few rarer alloys. Aluminum doesnt need a gap to get good penetration.
@@5thStreetFab ok for sure what about oxidation inside the pipe for whatever function it’s in use for?
@@codykoch8342 if you watch the inside youll see the oxide layer stay intact and raise as im welding it. That oxide layer proctects aluminum from corroding or needing a backing gas
@@5thStreetFab hmmm I didn’t know that always use to stainless aluminum just keeps surprising you
@@codykoch8342 haha ya I was the same. I did nothing but stainless and titanium for 9 years. I have another video here called how to tig weld aluminum pipe that shows the inside while welding it
Lol lastnight I was going to comment if you didn’t upload more aluminum pipe videos I was going to unsubscribe and today I see this! Ayeeeee
Haha right on! Perfect timing!
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use mask with air&chem filter, welding alu is super toxic , take care of you're self&don't promote careless health wise welding for beginners. ! PS : good job nice weld , unfotunatly by wps I have to weld it with 165 amp 3mm wall 80mm pipe
Please show the welding, not your hands and the back of your head. Thank you.
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