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Mig Welding Aluminum – Methods For Staying Away From Difficulties And Device Settings

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So What are 4 of probably the most important things for Mig Welding Aluminum?

1.            You need a Spool Gun.  If you are severe about mig welding aluminum and want to prevent frustration, get a spool gun. You cant feed soft aluminum wire extremely far with no a birds nest.

2.            Push dont Pull.  Often Press the puddle whenever possible for a better soot free weld.

3.            Use a lengthier stickout. Mig welding Aluminum makes use of one thing called spray transfer. That is a complex means of saying the wire never really reaches the puddle. So a longer stickout is necessary to stay clear of burnbacks.

4.            Use Argon and not an Argon C02 mix.  Argon or Argon Helium is the ticket.  Dont use argon/c02 unless you merely want to do a lot of cussing

 

Now lets talk about some strategies for device and spool gun configurations:

•             You are not going to want to use a mig welder for anything slimmer than around 1/8″.  If you are truly effective at mig welding aluminum, you may be capable to weld as thin as .070″. However i am speculating that you’re not even looking at this if that will be the case.

•             For solid aluminum like about 1/4″-5/16″, using 3/64 inch wire and 26-27 Volts and 400-425 ipm  of wire feed speed will work . For thicknesses in between 1/8 and 5/16 , simply just try using a halfway point like 23 volts and 300 ipm.

•             Start out with wire feed rate setting a bit greater than you think it needs so that you won’t burn tips up.

•             So how can you tell ipm? (inches per minute)  Just pull the trigger and count seconds…thousand 1 , thousand two…until you get to 6. Study the wire that came out of the gun to the nearest whole inch and add a zero.  That’s your ipm.  For instance, in the event you get 25 inches, that’s 250 ipm.

•             Mig Welder settings like this are a really good place to start but since every machine is unique , get some scrap and fine tune your settings until you obtain the results you need. It is so much easier to make your mistakes on scrap aluminum.

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