Autofabrica
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Been testing and practicing oxy acetylene welding today and i tried to weld some 1050 grade aluminium 2mm thickness of the material, using strips of the parent metal as filler rod.
I like this process but i feel like its a bit to fussy, ali needs to spotlessly clean, stainless steel wire brushed then the layer of flux on both parts to be welded and on the rod. One good thing about this process is that the welds are really soft and you can planish them, hammer them and they just blend in with the welded parts.
Here are few pictures of welded and then planished pieces, also put the part through an english wheel.
Set up is oxy acetylene and Meco Midget torch with ultra lightweight hoses imported from US and using 2 stage regulators to maintain a steady low pressure plus Harris flashback arrestors.
Here are some pictures
and after quick planishing with hammer and english wheel
Comments are welcome good or bad
I like this process but i feel like its a bit to fussy, ali needs to spotlessly clean, stainless steel wire brushed then the layer of flux on both parts to be welded and on the rod. One good thing about this process is that the welds are really soft and you can planish them, hammer them and they just blend in with the welded parts.
Here are few pictures of welded and then planished pieces, also put the part through an english wheel.
Set up is oxy acetylene and Meco Midget torch with ultra lightweight hoses imported from US and using 2 stage regulators to maintain a steady low pressure plus Harris flashback arrestors.
Here are some pictures
and after quick planishing with hammer and english wheel
Comments are welcome good or bad