Welding aluminum is not as hard as you think. turns out you can weld aluminum without a welder! this instructable will teach you how to use a propane torch and some aluminum brazing rods as a quick way to bond aluminum without using a welder.. This is a video to show my boat build progress and share some tips on how to weld using pulse. the machine i have is a miller xmt304, the alloy aluminum i used is 5086, 5052, and some 6061 extrusion.. Welding aluminum "give me five minutes, and i can teach a monkey to wire weld." yes, it's true. anybody can weld aluminum. (1) wire welders or mig (metal inert gas) welders have a spool of wire inside and a motor drive that pushes the wire through the umbilical to the gun, along with the power for the arc, and shielding gas such as argon to keep oxygen away from the weld. a t.
A115v welder will only weld aluminum with .030 diameter wire correctly. a good welder is the lincoln power mig 215 with a spool gun you can weld steel with .035 and.045 diameter wire and aluminum with .035 and 3/64 diameter wire with no problem.. I think building boats in the miracle metal is the most enjoyable boat building there is. my goal is to support the glen-l builders that are interested in building the designs in this fine catalog, by mr.'s witt and hankinson, in aluminum; to produce the best boats they can.. Recently i was asked to prepare a few notes on weld sequence for an owner-builder. what follows is the core of my notes about the final weld-up, using a large aluminum hull as an example. the following notes are also applicable to steel boats, though weld sizes will be much smaller and spacing will.
