Stick welding stainless steel & aluminium

[dom14]

Hey fellas,

I find below two videos are pretty handy to get some idea about how to stick weld stainless steel & aluminium.
I'm guessing any of you welding aficionados might find them pretty useful and entertaining.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQcGfLtfEiU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?annota...&v=dIIp3f7xV8g

Cheers
Dom

[GQtdauto]

Bloody net is so slow tonight the pages won't load , never used a stick welder to do aluminium just Tig and Mig but stainless all three .
Still cracks me up when exhaust shops weld stainless exhausts with plain mig wire .

[dom14]

Bloody net is so slow tonight the pages won't load , never used a stick welder to do aluminium just Tig and Mig but stainless all three .
Still cracks me up when exhaust shops weld stainless exhausts with plain mig wire .

Yeah, I reckon that's not a good idea 'cos the welds will rust. An outcome you don't need on a stainless steel exhaust.

Yeah, Chucky's video above demonstrates that it's not a good idea to stick weld aluminium.
Besides, those rods cost an arm and a leg and a kidney. Can't afford to muck around with them.

[GQtdauto]

I know that they are not widely used , I have never through all my years teaching welding seen aluminium stick welding in any of the text books .

[dom14]

I know that they are not widely used , I have never through all my years teaching welding seen aluminium stick welding in any of the text books .

Need to come and see you sometime mate. I've had no idea you teach welding.

[GQtdauto]

Taught probably 20 or so years ago , years of pain meds have robbed the brain a bit , only thing I'm still 90% plus on still is Tig for some reason .
But that's fading .

[dom14]

Taught probably 20 or so years ago , years of pain meds have robbed the brain a bit , only thing I'm still 90% plus on still is Tig for some reason .
But that's fading .

TIG is still my favourite domain. I'm no stranger to pain meds. Got shoulder, elbow, knee, neck & lower back injuries and multiple surgeries.
Pain meds kill you and slowly kill your brain, but they can also keep you alive for short periods, 'cos otherwise you can go crazy trying to deal with aches and pains.
One thing you don't wanna do is to mix pain meds with sleep meds.
You can go to a calm happy sleep for days, and never wake up.(add alcohol do that and we are in serious trouble).
No doc or chemist knows how they interact inside our bodies, 'cos we all reacts differently. I learnt it the hard way.

Keep welding mate. It's therapeutic. Nothing's more fun than making something out of scraps that lie in the backyard or the shed.

Cheers
Dom

[GQtdauto]

Yeah they reckon you shouldn't mix that stuff with alcohol but I reckon it's grouse .
Only on one tablet these days Clonazepam.
What metals do you weld with TIG and what electrodes have you used , be careful with the Thoriated (red tip) ones , when grinding them make sure you have a dust mask or forced ventilation helmet .

[dom14]

Yeah they reckon you shouldn't mix that stuff with alcohol but I reckon it's grouse .
Only on one tablet these days Clonazepam.
What metals do you weld with TIG and what electrodes have you used , be careful with the Thoriated (red tip) ones , when grinding them make sure you have a dust mask or forced ventilation helmet .

I'm a newbie to TIG but I know it's my favourite.
I used normal TIG electrodes from Bunnings. Thanx for the tip about Thoriated(red tip) ones.
Also thanx for tip about dust mask. I guess it's paramount to follow those safety protocols to make sure we don't get cancer in no time. While focusing to make sure I take care of my eyes from radiation, I completely forgot about the carcinogenic dust we inhale from welding.
Just mild steel and for the time being, 'cos I'm waiting for my AC/DC machine to start ally welding.
I need to learn to do ally welding pretty well, pretty fast, 'cos my upcoming hobby ideas will demand it.

I have heaps of hobby ideas to make out of scraps. Exercise equipment(some new ideas, some old ideas revived to be new, etc), push bike trailer, motorbike trailer, and mod my old rusty trailer into something weird looking, etc etc.
I also wanna make a tandem trailer from scratch, but don't have room.
I am onto making a bike trailer, which I need sometime soon.

Cheers

[dom14]

Yeah they reckon you shouldn't mix that stuff with alcohol but I reckon it's grouse .
Only on one tablet these days Clonazepam.

Yeah, that's ok. It's the pain meds we need to go easy with 'cos some of them mess with kidneys and liver, and obviously the brain as well, since
the pain is actually made in the brain.