I've always been impressed by people who could weld soda cans together, and so I gave it a shot today. It's actually easier than I thought. The cans act as great heat sinks, and the bottom of the can is a rolled "edge" (ie it would be MUCH more difficult to cut a can in half, then butt-weld the paper-thin aluminum edges together). Of course, my weld is not really pretty, and I did blow through the material on the other side of the can... This exercise reminded me how much I need to work on holding the torch at 90* to the surface when going around a cylinder.
Monday, February 23, 2009
TIG welding aluminum cans together
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I've always been impressed by people who could weld soda cans together, and so I gave it a shot today. It's actually easier than I thought. The cans act as great heat sinks, and the bottom of the can is a rolled "edge" (ie it would be MUCH more difficult to cut a can in half, then butt-weld the paper-thin aluminum edges together). Of course, my weld is not really pretty, and I did blow through the material on the other side of the can... This exercise reminded me how much I need to work on holding the torch at 90* to the surface when going around a cylinder.
I've always been impressed by people who could weld soda cans together, and so I gave it a shot today. It's actually easier than I thought. The cans act as great heat sinks, and the bottom of the can is a rolled "edge" (ie it would be MUCH more difficult to cut a can in half, then butt-weld the paper-thin aluminum edges together). Of course, my weld is not really pretty, and I did blow through the material on the other side of the can... This exercise reminded me how much I need to work on holding the torch at 90* to the surface when going around a cylinder.
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