butt welds
Making some progress with my new unit on Aluminum. The two angle pieces welded together seem to be much easier to weld than two pieces of flat stock or tubing butted up to each other. The problem I am having with the butt welds is as soon as the aluminum starts to melt it does not pour over and melt into the aluminum edge next to it but both pieces melt and seperate before I can get in there with the rod to join them up. I am making some progress but could use some advise please. I realize that the welds shown in the tubing picture show contamination issues etc but thought I would show the two pieces I was working on this evening to show what is working and what is not. Any tips on these butt welds....my butt welds look like fido's butt!
The other picture is a mouse trap I made out of the aluminum tubing tests. Seems to keep me entertained thinking up ways to catch the mice in my life.
Thanks in advance....wayne
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