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Any good experiences welding Al armor here?
The rear sponson on my CVR(T) was so badly damaged, somebody patched it with some 6061 or something and the patch just rotted out in a most impressive manner. I wound up cutting it off entirely. Now I need to find some compatible material for a replacement as well as some consumables.
It's about 7'1"x6"x.25" but larger would be fine (up to a point of course).
It's 7017 so I believe I can use any of 7017, 7018, 7020, 7039, 5059, 5083.
I understand the 5083 is the most common of those in the US.
The documents I can find give instructions for MIG so I'd have to find some wire as well.
I was actually wondering if folks had tried TIG on this stuff? If so I could just cut some thin strips off the bit I cut off and use that as filler.
thanks,
The rear sponson on my CVR(T) was so badly damaged, somebody patched it with some 6061 or something and the patch just rotted out in a most impressive manner. I wound up cutting it off entirely. Now I need to find some compatible material for a replacement as well as some consumables.
It's about 7'1"x6"x.25" but larger would be fine (up to a point of course).
It's 7017 so I believe I can use any of 7017, 7018, 7020, 7039, 5059, 5083.
I understand the 5083 is the most common of those in the US.
The documents I can find give instructions for MIG so I'd have to find some wire as well.
I was actually wondering if folks had tried TIG on this stuff? If so I could just cut some thin strips off the bit I cut off and use that as filler.
thanks,