How to Weld Aluminum Pipe
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- Опубліковано 13 жов 2024
- How to Weld Aluminum Pipe. How I like to weld 6061 Aluminum Pipe, I used 5356 Filler metal.
this is a video I made on how I like to weld aluminum pipe. I simplify the process for anyone wanting to learn.
Hopefully this video will shed some light on how to get proper penetration on aluminum.
for this video I set my TIG up old school. I was running 60 htz for the frequency and 45% dcep cleaning.
I was running my Alphatig Ahp200x for all the welding. Its a good machine for home use.
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Awesome. The best way is the right way. 👍
txsviking thanks bud!
Yeah patience is the key
I passed the bin test, but I failed the utensil polls.Any Advice
I really liked that you showed the inside view and the penetration of the weld! Awesome job!!
Thanks dude I appreciate it
I've been welding anodized aluminum pipe fuel tanks everything over 40 years and I've been watching videos on your youtube and you were the first one that actually knows how to weld aluminum
I came across your video and had to comment. I have been welding for over 50 yrs, and still love it. You love your work, that's why you are really good at it. Keep on truckin ! !
By far the most descriptive and fun-to-follow tutorial I’ve seen. Thank you for helping us learn this craft!
Been welding for years, but there are always points to pickup from other people, good video!
ohh man that could be an educational video to play in a welding school ! nice work this video of yours is very qualified
joarmape thank you I really appreciate that!
The best film work on a welding vid I have ever seen ... Great work! Many thanks
Very nice work; your narration is descriptive and to the point, no guessing required. Seeing it happen as you weld is excellent, it helps make your point about the waiting and the add filler. Thank you for your skilled demonstration.
Nice demo, really appreciate the inside shot and all your tips. Thanks for taking the time.
+YourOldDog thank you and no problem I'm just glad it helps people
Good job setting up the arc shots. It's clear how much thought and time you put into this!! Thank you.
Thank you!
The real thing that makes you so talented is that you use the low budget machines to make professional results, ie.. harbor freight belt sander, ahp tig etc... great job my friend!
thanks bud! Nice tools definitely help, but they're not always necessary.
What a professional job you have done. Cam shooting is perfect and educate well. you took your time , good luck.
Honestly, I almost skipped the video since the start it wasn't filtering out the light but something told me to stick around. I am glad that I did. I have had trouble tig welding aluminum since it doesn't really pool the same way as steel (at least that is the way I feel) and your narration along with seeing it happen in real time helped for sure. I might hop back on the welder soon now!
Great shot of the inside of the pipe while welding. Thanks for sharing and keep up the good work. 👍👍
Beautiful job. Good pen. Better than most stuff I've seen on job sites or UA-cam.
Very nice job man. Never knew exactly how tig worked and after watching this I know now. I've always been a mig guy but this makes me wanna try it out!
you have a good way of showing good job
darryl williams thank you
Thank you!
Subscribed :-)
Brilliant arc shots and simple clear instructions that help a beginner like me 👌
Fantastic! That "inside view" was life changing :O) Thank you for the video.
Very good video, I particularly like the approach view of the weld so you could see the area sink before you added rod, and how much filler you added each time.
Thanks glad you liked it
I want to learn this skill to make stage truss, for my own music business, great job, thanks for sharing your wisdom and knowledge
+Peace Lover no problem thank you for watching! Have a good one
Very nice welds, informative video. Cool arc shots also.
Thanks! I'm glad you liked it!
Good i still do trainning aluminium pipe tig welding,, still learning,,bali,, indonesia
Dude! Excellent tutorial! Really nice job explaining the process, especiallly the build up and soak in. Thanks.
Doug Bug no problem bud!
Thank You for that!
So nice to see such a close up video footage
Very interesting the burs on inside contain oxides that will surface on you weld pool. Thank you. Mike
Great video man! Learning how to weld and I find myself struggling with piping mostly (working on building a hot side and cold side for my ls build). The inside and different angles really helped me visualize what to look for and understand that it requires good timing. I find as a new welder and being self taught, I’m always worried about burning through my material so sometimes (at least of SS) my welds look cold
That's awesome! Thank you. I've been wanting to do some stainless videos I might have too.
nice very nice i learned somthing thanks for the great video keep them comming. great arc shots. thanks for your input ive been welding for 35 years and i learned somthing about alluninum.
Jamie Buckley thanks. Will do!
Thanks for the details, like waiting at the start and how you control the current based on the look, great video!
Excellent video, shots inside the pipe showing the weld pen were a brilliant idea-and the well set up arc shots were also very instructive.
Happy n healthy 2018 to y'all.
Jaques Daniels you too bud and thanks for watching I appreciate it!
Best educational welding video I've seen on UA-cam great job
Thanks bud I really appreciate it!
Great welds and good tips, I'm doing a lot of 3 inch aluminum pipe right now and it's pretty tricky, heat builds up quick, cheers.
Danthefordfixer it sure can! I like to let it cool after a quarter or half pass.
Excellent Videos, your videos are very easy to watch and informative..
Someone with an iPad upside down gave you a thumbs up too !!! :-)
Very nice !!! I am going crazy watching you weld. I need to find scrap aluminum to to practice its so expensive.
Shaq Deisel It is expensive I'm lucky my work usually gives me small chunks like these.
Can you do a tutorial on a very thin walled aluminum? especially pertaining to heat control, not blowing through, the settings for heating while cold and after its warmed up for me seems to be quite a curve. Thanks!
awesome don't see a lot of aluminum pipe welding on youtube
Ya I thought the same thing and I get asked a lot about how I weld pipe on Instagram
Excellent job. You are a professional
Thanks for this excellent clip and brilliant explanation . Looking forward to see more of your videos in 2018. Happy new year
einargreensky thank you and happy new year to you too!
This video is very well presented and I have never seen the inside shots before...very nice. I noticed that you do not quite entirely fill the bevel on either side of the weld. In a real application would this be acceptable? Would it reduce the strength of whatever gauge wall thickness you originally had? Thank you.
I see there are 80 disliked thumbs down.
WHY?. this is EXCELLENT
Welding at its best. I have only one word for you 80 disliked thumbs down people. J E A L O U S !
Outstanding advice
this young dude is not a welder, he's a welding artist.
Love the video. I’m new to welding & want to make my intercooler piping. I was wondering if back purging is necessary with aluminum, seeing the penetration in your welds tells me it’s not needed. Thank you for this. 👍🏽💪🏽
Nope no purge needed!👊
Very Detail and Imformative Video.
37 1/2 degree is the proper bevel for pipe heavy wall pipe such as main steam may have a 37/10 bevel on it and I’ve ran the gold track with 5 degree bevel but a 45 degree angle is way to much for a multitude of reasons this is just fyi! Your doing great job
Man it looks so easy when you do it. Mine blows through the joint between the pipes. They don't stick together
Are you using a chill plate or just the v blocks ? Nice job by the way.
I'm on day 9 with my tig, never tried it before I bought my machine
Thanks for the video, beautiful weld!
What heat and amps were you running bub
very very good video , very clear ,and well explained.
Nice explanation on when to add filler metal and I could see the puddle sink in...
Could almost smell the hot aluminum, good work!
Very nice!!! Awesome job -- what filler metal you used ? and what materials?
Nice aluminum welding. Has anyone tried an Esab186 tig welder? Looks like you are happy with the machine you have. Good job on the arc shots.
Bombardier64 thank you I haven't personally used one so I can't say maybe someone else has and ya mines worked pretty good for me
Nice welds......was this 3mm thick aluminum pipe ?
Great arch shots & video looking forward to more
Thanks bud!
reaperwayne nice
don't forget the craters, nice welding
Good vid. You also explain the necessity of clean aluminum which is very important. Curious what type of TIG welder you have. Sounds like a Dynasty from miller. I have a syncrowave 210 from miller. Very nice machine just wish I had more fine tuning settings. Oh well. Again excellent video, explains the right amount and doesn't overload your head lol. Bravo !
Thank you very much. I just have a cheap AHP 200x. Amazon sells them for under $800. Ya the syncrowave 210s are pretty nice. At work we have the syncrowave 250s big ol' transformers. Really nice smooth welders though.
5th Street Fab yes ! The 250's are beautiful machines. You are right they purr like a kitten and lay a bead like spreading butter. 👍👊✌
Thank you so much for this video, keep it up!
Thanks bud
Great video and also techniques we're explained well, good job, my man
Thank you!
what an incredible job! you are very good.
Hope you make video for welding adjustment before start welding thank u
Incredible! I have never seen that perfect of interior penetration in my life.
What type of set up are you running from tungsten to machine?
Rainman thanks bud! It just takes practice.
For this I used an Ahp 200x which is a cheap Chinese welder. I set it maxed out on amperage and adjust with the pedal as I weld. My frequency was at 60hrtz and my cleaning was at 45% DCEP. I used 2% lanthanated tungsten and I had a #7 gas lens. The only reason I had a gas lens was so I could stick the tungsten out real far so you could see it on the video.
Great tip. I'll try it this weekend.
Thanks I'm glad it helped!
I'm just some guy that doesn't do anything like this, but I have ideas and think aluminum would be good to build the stuff I'm thinking about. But everywhere I look, people say "it's really hard to weld aluminum" like it's damn near impossible. Thanks to your video, I now think it's accessible with some good practice. Maybe in a few years my ideas will become real.
Ya i like starting people on aluminum because its easier to see. You have a much bigger weld to work with. Its not any harder it's just different.
An excellent video. Keep up the good work!
I'M GLAD YOU CAME OUT WITH A VIDEO ON,"TIG WELDING ALUMINUM PIPE",NO BODY ELSE HAS AS FAR AS OPEN ROOT.WHAT WAS YOUR CFH SETTING AND I TAKE IT YOU WERE USING HELIUM(MAYBE ARGON)ON THAT THIN WALL PIPE(SCH 20).IS THERE SUCH A THING AS WALKING THE CUP WHEN TIG WELDING ALUMINUM PIPE?-EXCELLENT VIDEO,KEEP THEME COMING IN,STAY HEALTHY,CRAIG
Very nice work indeed, the only thing missing from practise I suppose is the back purge.
very rarely do you back purge aluminum. It would have to be something special requested.
Hello. Do you have any vids that show how to weld square aluminum tubing, 1/8" thick walls by 1-inch square? What equipment do I need to actually weld aluminum? Yes, I am a 100%, never-welded-before beginner. Thanks.
Excellent video and content. Thank you!
I love your videos! Can you make a video about how to get clear vision when welding. Best lenses, lighting setup , etc... I struggle to see the puddle a lot. Although my vision isn't terrible, I do wear glasses, so that might have something to do with it. How to avoid reflections inside the helmet. Any tips would be helpful.
Marcel LeMay I've never had that problem. I usually use a shade 12 or 13 and get extremely close to what I'm welding. If you have light reflecting in under your hood, a lot of guys I work with take the leather cuffs off of old gloves and attach them like a beard to shield the glare and also a section that covers the top of the head.
5th Street Fab Shop Thanks man. I think that'll help a lot.
Great job, wish you had gone into a bit of depth on settings. I am about to embark on trying to make an aluminium inlet manifold so being a newbie, settings are a mystery. Good welding!
Nice video, I really appreciate your camera angles and showing your welding process. I have some aluminum work I have to do on my car and I've never used a tig welder before but I'm buying one online. You mentioned keeping the puddle flowing, is it the same process if you're on your back facing up while trying to weld?
Thanks bud! Ya I use the same technique on overhead as well. One thing that can help is slightly pedal bumping when you're in an awkward position.
I did, thanks, I think I'm going to learn welding
Very nice, good clear easy to understand, thank you
Thanks I appreciate it!
Muy buena soldadura amigo, gracias por compartir tus conocimientos, saludos desde paraguay....!!!
Nice job my brother
Some Nice shots! Thanks for taking the time to share and looking forward to more.
Finn Fabrication no problem thanks for watching!
Great use of your camera ,catching the puddle and melt .
I would like to see how you held the torch and supported your hand as you went all the way around the pipe.
Nice camera angles as well.
Loved the video i have a new ahp alpha-tig 201 xd. A few wuestions if i may Im having trouble as a begginer with tig im a great mig welder, where do i start what size filler rod should i use for aluminum intercooler piping? Do i need to backpurge? Settings help? Also do you set your machine to the full 200amps and just rock your peddle as desired? Thanks -drake
nice work and clear instruction
Still struggling with my weld. I wish I was half as skilled as you are but I know I just need to keep at kt
Well done video! I'am a new subscriber for sure.
2759591 thank you! I appreciate it
Thanks for the video it was really a nicely done video. Can you tell me, or can you share with us all, what you used to get the clarity in the welding shots with the camcorder? Is it some kind of a high-dollar set up or do you just have the right mix of camcorder and Welding lens? And if so can you share that with us? Thank you.
Joe West hey no problem. For this one I did finally get a nice camera it's a canon Rebel sl2. But I used to use my phone and got nice arc shots. The trick is setting the ISO really low to about 200. If you can't you can get a free camera app to do it. Then I would get my phone or camera super close and manually focus it so it won't lose focus. Then I pony clamp a spare welding lense like a shade 10 over the camera and start recording. Let me know if this helps or if you need more help.
Great explanations. Thanks!
Was that 2 passes?
Im a beginner hobby welder,could you maybe talk about the settings you are using..i enjoy your videos you do mention settings on some. Tanks
Thanks bud and no problem! I put the settings I used in the description below the video!
That would pass inspection for the space shuttle !
congratulations ..... what thickness of the aluminum tube and how many amps were you soldering?
Very good man! Congratulations.
Excellent. Does the inside burs need to be cleaned? If not, than will it not interfere with process fluid inside pipe?
Thanks.
Great video and information! Thank You
Jeremy thanks you for watching
What welder are you using here ? .... Great video 👍
Loving the videos. Do you ever mig weld aluminium? Would be nice if you can do one video
I do ill have to make a video sometime!
If you welded Al tubing at a right angle or 45 or 135 how would you do that? How would you get the welder head into the pinch angle to properly fuse them together?
Hello. This is fantastic! But, what about aluminum pipe with 1-inch wall thickness? How to choose amps?