bmackinnon
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- Feb 24, 2005
OK... I'll kick this section off.... only I'm going to ask, not post, a "how to".....
With little result, I have spent CONSIDERABLE hours, searching high and low, thru ALOT of archives, covering MANY years of turbobuick sites, forums, mailing lists, etc., looking for definitive methodology, and detailed reasoning/explaination for the PROPER way to TIG weld repair our factory headers. I know there are those that have had various degrees of 'sucess' using other welding techniques... gas, stick, mig, wire feed.... but I'm confident the real welding experts will agree that the truly proper way is to TIG. I'd like to hear, and hopefully compile here, the RIGHT way to do it.... and the reasons why... and I'm talking soup-to-nuts.... EVERYTHING from pre-weld cleaning/prep, weld/filler materials, tip prep, heat/wave function/amps, preheat, backgassing, post-weld treatment,...... and anything else that those who know, know :biggrin:
FWIW, I have no welding knowledge or skills, but have a great desire to acquire them.... in fact, it's one of my New Year's resolutions... :wink: So how about it, welding professors? Let the discussions begin.....
With little result, I have spent CONSIDERABLE hours, searching high and low, thru ALOT of archives, covering MANY years of turbobuick sites, forums, mailing lists, etc., looking for definitive methodology, and detailed reasoning/explaination for the PROPER way to TIG weld repair our factory headers. I know there are those that have had various degrees of 'sucess' using other welding techniques... gas, stick, mig, wire feed.... but I'm confident the real welding experts will agree that the truly proper way is to TIG. I'd like to hear, and hopefully compile here, the RIGHT way to do it.... and the reasons why... and I'm talking soup-to-nuts.... EVERYTHING from pre-weld cleaning/prep, weld/filler materials, tip prep, heat/wave function/amps, preheat, backgassing, post-weld treatment,...... and anything else that those who know, know :biggrin:
FWIW, I have no welding knowledge or skills, but have a great desire to acquire them.... in fact, it's one of my New Year's resolutions... :wink: So how about it, welding professors? Let the discussions begin.....