On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 01:46:36 -0500, "Morgans"
wrote:


"Highflyer" wrote

It isn't all that bad, Rich. I use the same Smith torch and tanks for
aluminum as for steel. Use an aluminum flux and soft aluminum filler rod.
I would use a cheap spot welder to tack in the baffles. They work great
on
aluminum.

Isn't it true that most pros use TIG to weld aluminum? A good aluminum TIG
weld is a work of art. Can gas welding make as beautiful a fillet as TIG?

Better... But certainly not by me.

There was an article in ... I think it was Sport Aviation, or
KitPlanes about a year or so back. The TIG welds looked really good
until you looked at what they did with a torch.


I tried gas welding (or soldering) with a cheap torch with some of that
"miracle rod" quite a few years back before I was interested in building
planes, or really, even welding. The results were horrid. I'll have to

Bout echoes my experience.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

give it a try with some proper rod and stock, now that I have a good torch.
What size tip, by the way? (Smith)