Aluminum TIG/MIG, fillers, cleaning, and settings.
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A Saturday project goes sideways when a hobbyist with a flux-core-only welder tries to patch an aluminum trailer fender — the wire he bought…
Learn how Daigle Welding & Marine delivers marine fabrication, aluminum boat repair, and custom builds with safety, codes, and real-world guidance.
A weekend fabricator buys a capable MIG welder, spools up cheap aluminum wire, and lays what looks like a great bead on a 6061…
Master aluminum TIG welding setup: machine settings, tungsten, gas flow, filler choice, cleaning steps, and fixes for common defects.
A fabricator once spent an entire afternoon chasing porosity and worm tracks in an aluminum TIG weld, only to realize the real culprit was…
Master tungsten welding aluminum: electrode choice, AC settings, technique, common mistakes, safety and troubleshooting for clean TIG welds.
A weekend fabricator once stared at a cracked aluminum lawnmower deck with no argon bottle, no TIG torch, and a stick welder gathering dust…
Can you weld aluminum to stainless steel? Learn why fusion welding fails and which methods—transition joints, brazing, fasteners—really work.
A weekend boat owner patches a pinhole leak in an aluminum hull with the wire he had left over from a trailer project, runs…