Perry Casson wrote:

For you TIG welding gurus:
I've got most of the parts for my Mike Wills style intake manifold
http://eaa245.dhs.org/perry/mike_wills/Mike-Wills-intak007a1.jpg

fabricated

but as I'm not set up to weld aluminum I'm going to have to send it out

to a

welding shop.   Building a jig to get all the little parts in the right
place would be no small task.   I was wondering if I tack welded the

parts

together using aluminum brazing/soldering rod would the TIG welder be

able

to weld over it OK?  All the tubes/parts are 6061t6 if that makes a
differance.

Thanks,

Perry Casson

Contact "Bruce A. Frank" <BAFRANK@worldnet.att.net>

Paul Lamar

Perry
>From my limited TIG knowledge, most TIG welding rods are a more pure form
than the base metal it's welding. But I don't know whats in the brasing
soldering rod or if you use flux and if that is considered a contaminate.
If there are no contaminates there's no problem, the tig will just blend it
all in.
You can use just about anything to TIG weld provided it's similar to the
base metal.
George (down under)

 
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