Aluminium wheel crack repair, welding Aluminium wheels for good
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 มิ.ย. 2020
- This video show Aluminium wheel crack repair. I do not claim that this is the best method to repair cracked aluminium wheels, it is simply what works for me.
does it warp the rim? is it safe afterall?
It is way safer then run on cracked wheel rim.
@@weld-deluxltd7635 obv..
@@Sabestooo The bigger the wheel the slower its rpm, a 2Foot (typical wheel size) or 24 inches is around 610mm so if we multiply it by 3.14 we will know the distance the wheel will travel per one revolution, it is 1915mm or 1.9m
100miles per hour = 161km/h. So if we take 161 and multiply it by 1000 wee will get 161000 meters of distance. Let's divide 161000 by 1.9 ( the distance the wheel will travel per one revolution) = 84737 rotations and since there are 60 minutes in each hour let's divide 84737 by 60 minutes = 1412 revolutions per minute.
A typical aluminium disk that you call a CD or DVD has a diameter of 120mm and it fails at around 23000 rpm (TH-cam it).
If you take a 610mm diameter of the wheel and divide it by 120mm diameter of CD = 5.1 So the wheel is 5.1 times bigger than CD, if we accept this linear correlation in size we can also accept that failure RPM for the wheel will be 5.1 times slower. If you take 23000 RPM at which CD fails and divide it by 5.1 = 4510 RPM. Naturally, it is really rough guesswork, however, I think you will start to see a better picture.
if you concerned with it breaking when you hit something like a stone or curb you need to remember that the original, not welded wheel broke already so it could happen again.
It is possible to smash anything especially if you are really trying!
There are many people who would like to see me on fire just for suggesting that you can do welding repairs on alloy wheels
However, no one ever presented me with traceable evidence that will show that the alloy wheel failed due to good quality welding repair.
I would be delusional if i would suggest that it is safe for you to get your alloy welded as i do not know the quality of work that you will get.
In the video, i say that there are some types of damages that I do not take for repairs, so it is not a yes or no kind of question.
To sum it up, if i had cracked alloy and i did welding repair on it, i would not think twice about my family being unsafe due to that weld.
Hope this answers your questions.
I have repaired my wheels multiple times and not really damgerous. Eventually a new crack comes back but my rim cracks have always been slow leaks to. This year I'm going to try DIY, they charge me 80$ per repair lol
Desire to learn is admirable, however, I would consider this as critical application, so perhaps this is not the best project for learning how to weld.
If you have necessary welding skills but simply never had AC/DC machine, I hope that this video will help you
I've been welding for over 25 years
All techniques.
This video for anyone wanting to learn. Is one of the best explained I've seen.
I've welded many types of alloy and
Makes of wheels.
This guy shows in perfect detail
It's a credit to you
Thank you for such high evaluation!
If you think this guy knows what he is doing, you cant be much of a welder!
I guess it is easier to shit on someone rather then teach someone. If I am wrong can you please point me to one of your videos where you show how to do it right and showing everything that I have done wrong?
So he is just using a flame with an aluminum rod to build up new aluminum?? I'm very very unknowledgeable about this stuff but trying to learn aluminum
Hi, thank you for your input on my video. I agree with your statements you made. I have changed a bit how I do my wheels over the years. I remove more material with better die cutters. I make sure to get full penetration that way. I just don't remove as much as you. I also switched to 5356 filler which is much better on cast. I agree porosity is an issue if you get to much cast melted into the weld puddle. 5356 helps in that regard. Thanks again for sharing!!
Hello, and thank you for your reply! I appreciate that a lot, i am glad you did not take my comment in a bad way, as i said in my video my method is not the best it is just something that works for me.
That is in my oppinion a really well made and explained repair.
I repaired allow wheels a couple of times, for my own cars and I had them fail one time and it was because of the same problem as the one you show here. Very thin weld and not enough penetration. Also I had a hard time with small holes. I had to use a ball peen hammer to close them.
I take good note of your procedure, thanks a lot for sharing your well earned experience.
I like the first video shot, the colours look so real!
Thank you for taking time to make such informative comment!
Video was crazy your work is perfection I just saw another video of someone trying to repair a wheel with a mig welder and it was atrocious keep up the great videos 👍🏽
Thank you for such kind words!
This helped me out a lot. I've welded aluminum before, but never a rim. Turns out it's not that hard as the aluminum is pretty thick. You can burn through on the edge, but I was able to build up enough on the edge to make it work. The tip on widening the crack helped me a lot to build up the weld.
Glad it helped! Thanks for letting me know!
you can weld on a small tab at the end and keep welding onto it so that you dont have to have your stop on the rim itself. or start on the tab or put a tab at the start and finish, then just cut the tab off and grind.
@@adammoore8939 thanks for your input!
Congratulations on your vast knowledge, not only of the welding functions. rate of oxidization, melt, and pool dynamics and its surface tension and temperatures/current are needed, but the mechanical structure that goes with the geometry used. The wider Vee gap which you created helps in putting in more volume of the weld which can be tensioned/stressed better than the thinner welds, all due to the larger attachment area of fusion with the base metal. I like the manner in which you spend enough arc time on the base metal to ensure good penetration on the larger area due to the Vee of the gap. Your rate of deposit of material agrees so well with the rate at which you heat the surrounding area and you kept a little too much current when you changed from the rim to the flat circumference. This resulted in a little undercut as seen in the video at 27: 40 which you ground down. Again congratulations on your method of doing this particular repair, it is the best I have seen as you put so much knowledge in the weld and also in balancing and finishing the wheel to the best possible standard using basic tooling and good ingenuity. Prosit.
May I take this opportunity to congratulate you on your spoken English language? Your mind can handle both the invisible and silent function contained in the weld but also come up with the highest form of projecting your thoughts, good luck and all the best with your work, you certainly put a lot of effort in the detail.
Thank you very much for taking time to write such detailed and technical comment.
Este foi uns dos melhores trabalhos de recuperação que eu já assisti. Parabéns!!👍🇧🇷
For the amount of knowledge you have, you deserve more followers. I don't know about welding and I found that amazing and informative.
Thank you for your kind words!
This channel has a lot of views on the videos and 98% of people never subscribe.
That is ok, I am not after the numbers. I have learned a lot from others here on TH-cam, so this is my way to payback to humanity.
Perhaps I should of made two separate channels as at the moment I publish same videos in English and Ukrainian version, so that may confuse some people.
There are other types of videos on this channel like video of painting the van and dealing with rust on car body, diesel engine rebuilding, some equipment reviews and there are slot more to come. But I am contain with what I have as every so often I get a comment similar to yours that indicates that my video helped someone.
Another great video with excellent thorough explanations! Thanks for sharing. As for me, the green color is more difficult to see your work. I agree with you, I think some detail is lost. Thanks again!
Thank you very much for taking time to reply!
Exactly what I have done in the past - I made an instructable on how to cut parallel with the crack - bevel it on both sides weld and pull through - I also preheat the whole wheel before welding - when I have finished welding and profiling it - I hang it on a tether and ring it…. Goo
Thanks
Nice job done to the wheel,I always try to fix stuff up since a young age since I was born in a under developed country with an ever increasing cost of living and so people are used to value their money and their goods since big efforts were made for the acquisition of these same goods. This is not the norm in developed countries...Therefore I reaLLy enjoyed watching you recuperate these wheels back to life as it's also a way of being environmentally sustainable by not throwing away the cracked wheels in order to buy new ones which imply a burden on Nature by the pollution created in the extraction of the materials and all the industrial processes to fabricate the wheels.Respect and congrats to you all the way from PortugaL🇵🇹 for doing such nice proceedings with the recuperation of these cracked alloy wheels ⚙️.
Thank you
@@weld-deluxltd7635 You're welcome👍!
I watched, learned, and did it.
Great lesson!
Glad it worked for you! Thanks for watching
great skill and modest too! I enjoyed the excellent commentary.
Thank you
This is very nice work, its nice to see someone who knows what they are doing and why. I'm also a fan of using the 1mm discs in ways that aren't recommended.. haha
Thank you 😊
Great video and great commentary. I found this very interesting and i'm not even into ally welding or wheel repair.
Thank you for your comment!
Excellent informative video. Thank you.
Thank you for watching
Now this guy knows what he's doing. Good job mate.
Thank you kindly!
Great job. Worth every minute.
Thank you for watching
Certainly learnt something here, thank you.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!
Great job I like how you V out the crackthat must be done I also like how you use Stringer beads. It's very great to see how some people still do it the right way great job
Thank you Roger!
Thank you. Great video.
Thank you too!
Great video ! 👍🏽 Thank you
Thanks for watching!
Great video, thank you!
Thank you
Perfection!
Glad you think so!
Thanks, very interesting, instructive and informative... about the best I've ever seen in a youtube clip 🙂👍
Learned a lot on how I may get my own cracked aluminium rim fixed.
I think the green filtered coloring enhanced some detail that wasn't as visible i full color, and vice versa i think other parts appeared a bit better i full color.
So I guess you get the most out of it by watching both, interesting approach anyway ;). Thanks again 🙂
Thank you!
Awesome video, almost the same method I use. I learned
Excellent, thanks for watching
you do beautiful work....most people i knew just threw away the rim , as there is not anyone here who repairs them
Thank you!
Nice job, Thank You! Ric
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the video.
What would you recommend for small 1-2 mm gouges inside of the barrel (so no lip cracks or structural integrity issues) where the tire machine engages the inside of the rim?
Hard to say without seeing, but I would avoid any welding unless absolutely have too. If it is cosmetics or not visible, it can be ignored on the daily driver or filler and paint on the show car.
Great welding job
Thank you Andrew, what sort of welding do you do?
When cutting or back grinding we use a 5” tungsten tipped saw blade in the grinder……. Removes the ally like you wouldn’t believe.
bloody nice job by the way, nice fronius machine too, if I’m not mistaken!
Thank you for the comment. I am terrified of those blades. Just a physiological thing for me but I do also use them mainly to cut sheets of AL.
@@weld-deluxltd7635 they are fearsome things to use, I personally use them on an air grinder but some of the guys at work use a standard 5” grinder…. Not me, and…… there was a young guy, just last week who works at Incat, Tore an absolute hole in his arm with one, it was so bad that they weren’t sure if he would keep his arm, real mess…… and apparently it wasn’t the first time he had done it but I’m pretty sure he will never do it again!!!
@@cosmiccolonel Hope he his ok after all!
nice puddle shots. looks solid
Thanks! i am getting better at it 😀
u are a master and have the nolage to teach good work
Thank you
A really interesting video young man! A few questions, would you agree with my theory that forming a hot weld puddle like an extremely hot spot weld at the end of a crack in steel for example will stop the crack propagating? Did you wipe the area to weld with acetone? What risk is there of buckling the wheel? And how many passes to build up the weld bevel/groove?
In theory the idea of really hot tack at the end of crack to stop it spreading is feasible, but rather hard to achieve in practice as there is no way to be 100% sure in complete fusion unless there is some form of nonndestructive test is carried out. As I mentioned in the video it is easier to achieve this on steel then on Aluminium. Precisely welding of stainless steel hygienic pipes is exactly that, they butted together and then whole thickness of the wall is fused together, often even without filler metal. As far as deformation of the wheel, it can be observed, but usually from a cause that inflicted the crack in the first place. If you asking about deformation due to welding, i newer experienced that and think that chances are too low as you are working inside of 90 degree corner that has round shape to it so it supports and smoothes out tensions a lot.
That is how I see it anyway.
I did not wiped it with acetone as after a disk the surface is not smooth and it would catch little fibres off the rag. This would be more contaminating than anything that is left after cleaning with the disk. AC current is sufficient to clean out very light oxyde or skin oils in this application. If it would be an aluminium pressure vessel for critical application, I would do everything I can including degreasing
Hi great video, what grade of filler do you use or recommend? And what thickness of filler? And roughly what amps do you use? Thanks!
Look through the comments I have answered that recently
I know this video was from a year ago but excellent video and repair! I got a laugh out of all your comments on using a 1mm cutoff wheel. I get it! TH-cam is full of trolls that find joy in watching video's just so they can call people out on any possible mistake and then the other trolls pile on. Super annoying. Or, somebody watches your video and then uses a cutoff wheel that fails (probably because they dropped their grinder) causing injury and then the finger gets pointed in your direction. Gotta cover your own ass, a lot of people these days don't want to take any personal responsibility. I'm with you, over 22 years experience as a heavy equipment tech, I've used a cutoff wheel countless times to grind/cut just like you are doing and I have never had one explode. I think it boils down to paying attention to the condition of the disc and being smart about the way it's used. If you grind only with the first couple millimeters of the leading edge you will be fine. You could run into some real trouble if you try to grind with the flat surface of the cutoff wheel, that's a no-go. On a side note: You should check out the grinding wheels that pipeline welders use. They are pretty thin and specifically made for cutting and grinding, I really like them (Norton I think). Anyway, great video, content and crack repair.
Thank you!
Facts my friend. Been in the welding game for over 3 years and haven't had one break on me yet
I built ally boats for 2 yrs, when you get used to using aluminium milling and cutting tungsten carbide blades its safer then metal grinding discs and alot faster .just got to have really good hand/eye control so it doesn't bite into the metal,hence the name meat axe 😃
that's a good technical way fill in the crackz want have think about it damage the same area of the rim good job
Thank you
Hi i do about 10 of these a month i generally drill a hole at the end of the crack then cut either side of the crack so it leaves about a 4-5 mm gap then use a 36 grit sanding disc to clean it up before welding then bridge the gap on the edge of the rim with a tack to prevent the gap closing during welding i always leave any weld on that is behing the raised reinforcement part of the wheel (I assume thats what its supposed to be) Also i use 4043 @ 205Amps approximately as i use a footpedal
Gareth, thank you for informative comment
Great job
Thank you
Nice, just did one same way from a 2000 v.w same way using 4043
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Top notch equipment !!! Fein grinder, Fronius AC/DC Welder....What settings do you use on the Fronius...I have a 1700 Job AC/DC
Yes, Fain makes good power tools, have to say that their older versions of the grinder wheel guard is very off putting for me. I just being informed by Fain that they have changed the design, so I am looking forward to see those.
Amps are in 160-120 range. When in rush 200-120 range.
Great video. Can you recommend a good wheel repair (welding) specialist in the Birmingham (UK) area? Many thanks.
No idea, sorry!
what size of tungsten and type ? your tungsten doesn’t ball up you must have low AC balance ?
Everything youve done is spot on but it you would be better off pre-heating the wheel before the welding with a propane torch for example. So your nor risking the weld cracking due to the thermal dissipation. Also you can reduce your amperage.
Thanks for the advice,
i think the amount of heat from building up the bridge is sufficient to preheat for final welds.
UNDERRATED, UNDEFEATED, AND UNDISPUTED!!!
This maybe one of the best comments on this channel 👍
Well i mean it buddy. It looks it went through some type of cold fusion where the atoms bond 100 percent. EXCELLENT!!!
@@marcus_N_kendra Thank you!
The main reason spokes are on the outer edge of the wheel is because the closer you can move the steering knuckles to the center of the wheel (which means the brakes also move outward), the better the suspension can perform. This is especially true when talking about torque steer in a front wheel drive (the steering pulling one direction or the other under hard acceleration).
Awesome, thanks for education. Love comments like these, every day is a school day!
Nice tips and process 🔥❤️🇮🇩
Glad you liked it!
I have a GM Pontiac 15" x 7" cast aluminium snowflake wheel which is in good condition but has a few surface blemishes with years of use and aging. Is it possible to build up small areas, like a tiny dent or scratch in order to reshape, or regain the original contour?
In theory yes, it is possible to build up and sand down before painting, in practice it is also possible to do the same with modern day filler materials. All depends on the area. Your best bet is talking to someone who restore alloys in your area (I am in Scotland).
@@weld-deluxltd7635 That is excellent, thank you for your kind response, I really appreciate this. Doubtless aluminium has many advantages for casting, it's eminently recyclable but is not to be repaired exactly the same way as steel. I will investigate repair feasibility shortly, many thanks for your time my friend and I hope you have a great New Year!
@@TPEsprit Happy new year to you too!
Great video I'm thinking of investing in a machine any advice on a good starter model not too expensive but that'll do the job am into mig welding with my job but ally welding really interesting me at the minute thanks if you have the time if not no worries
It depends on where you live and what is available on the market. For Aluminium, you will need AC Tig preferably with high frequency start function.
As far as the brand of the machine, now days it is hard to make bad welding equipment as competition is very high.
The best advice I can give is in this video th-cam.com/video/eszsJ0uUZ_E/w-d-xo.html
If you interested to learn more about aluminium welding in general, this is a good start here th-cam.com/video/DYbJvHPKCeQ/w-d-xo.html
Thanks v much
will it be better to use a lathe machine to reface the wheels and at the sametime alligned the rims?
Sorry, I can not answer that as I have none of such experience or even saw specialised machine for doing this sort work
Nice job…have you tried MX grinding wheels for blending aluminium welds? I always found them excellent.
No, I have not, but will consider them in the future. Thanks for the advice!
nice job....
Thank you
SO GOOD..!!
Thank you!
Hey man great video, thank you for sharing your knowledge with us 👍🏻. Quick question, do you know if a Miller Multimatic 220 can weld rims? It can AC/DC Tig and maxes out at 210A 18.4V 20% duty cycle
I have never used a Miller machine but if I needed a welder to do alloy wheels and a machine with the spec as you described happen to have a right price I would take it. It would be capable to deliver what I need.
Usual duty cycle of the machine calculated with ambient temperature of 40C and in rim repair you do not weld a lot
@@weld-deluxltd7635 awesome thank you for the quick reply, have a blessed day
@@metalfab2449 You welcome Eric have fun with your new toy😉
@@metalfab2449 have you been able to find anything?? I’m trying to find the same video 😂😂😂
@@69gamersxd yeah man it works perfectly, I’m using 110v and it’s enough for what I’ve done
Great video! How many amps and how big the cup do you use?
Cup size is not so crucial for aluminium welding as it is for welding chrome nickel alloys.( I have a plan to make a video that explains that in detail) Amps are in 160-120 range. When in rush 200-120 range.
looks very god good job
Thank you
How much do you charge to fix a crack like this u are doing now
👌✌👍your weldig very very beautfull I am Alumium welder my shop aluminum wheel repairing i gas welding aluminm
Thank you for your comment!
Nice job
Thank you!
Thank you!
Hi I don't know much about aluminium I weld mild steel, but if you applied heat after would that help prevent cracking.
Very good question! Those rims crack due to people hitting something on the road and bad design. On a separate note, aluminium welds can crack especially when MiG welding due to massive heat conductivity that leads to very rapid cooling. So preheating could help but it is totally different story for aluminium.
All it matter is cooling rate as our host said preehiting is not always nesesery specially in such large item like rim when you start it will be some bubbles you have to hit it with tig torch until they got away and only then add some filler then you can made weld and slowly taper off the bigger weld is better becouse the holl rim gets hot and then cool very slow you can always slows down cooling rate by hit it with gas torch as well you can tamper the whole rim by hitting it up to 170c it will relax and be less prone to crack latter
@@tomekpawowski2692 perfect comment!
Thanks very much
What about the other side where you filled in the crack? Did you cut that side of the crack out and filled it in like you're doing on the opposite side?
There is no other side.
That is a whole point of the exercise, you cut out whole crack completely by digging into the "bridge" that you created at the back and then rebuilding whole lot with new metal.
Good skills Brother
Thanks ✌
great technique ,, what rods do you use ?
5356, it works for me and I do not see any adverse results
thanks good tips
Thank you
Thank u..
You welcome! consider watching other videos, hope you will find them informative!
The green side is far better to see the actual arc. This is helpful to me personally so I can judge the distance or gap I need to be from the puddle.
Thank you John!
I've been doing this for 20 years now you are the only person I've seen that does this roughly the same way I do the only thing I do different than you is I don't use the cutoff wheel to cut the v in and I don't the back first I bur the front out then weld it open root but yeah I do not stop drill I think that is a waste of time I keyhole the end of the crack and weld it out from there
Thanks for the comment. There are many ways to skin the cat and once you figured out what works for you it is all that matters. This video is mainly for r those who never done it and I hope that they can take it and develop something that works for them. Thanks again
Good Job. Puddling aluminium properly is a very hard skill to master. Ask me how I know...I made a complete mess of it.
Practice makes it perfect!
Dies this make them as strong as they were originally or does the weld area become a weak spot?
Your question requires testing of the pats before and after welding. I have never done such tests, however i see no evidence indicating that welds are the weakest point.
@@weld-deluxltd7635 welds are the strongest point if done correctly. The weld becomes stronger than original material if done right
yep, with a good weld it will be stronger than the base metal. Much stronger. Unless you use a weaker filler material.
It looks great with free hand grinding why didn't you use a jig to blend the weld so that you conform to the original wheel shape? It would look as if it came off the store shelf.
Mainly because it sufficient as it is and is less hasle
Very nice Technical Vedeo
Thank you! I hope that it will be helpful for any of your needs.
How do you determine what grade of aluminum you are working with to match the filler metal?
You can not determine that. too many variables
@@weld-deluxltd7635 so what filler wire do you prefer?
All in the comments under the video
Nice vid dude! Hats off...
Can I melt aluminum rod into a pretty deep scratch as filler? Will it bond?
I am not sure if i understand you 100%. If you want to melt rod into parent material, the parent material will need to be locally melted, that is if your intention is to weld.
If you interested to know more about welding aluminium and different types of welding processes i think one of my video will be interesting for you. Here is a link th-cam.com/video/DYbJvHPKCeQ/w-d-xo.html
@@weld-deluxltd7635 thank you. I have a vintage enkei wheels and has some deep scratches(1 and 2mm deep scratch I think and its not a crack, just deep scratches). Can I melt aluminum rod into it as filler? I cant put body filler because i will not paint it. its a polish finished lip.
@@jameschu3186 Ok it makes sense now, this is a puzzle. It will not work if you just melt aluminium rod into it you must weld or braze it with special rods but that opens up whole new can of worms as you will need to heat it very high which is difficult as aluminium loose heat quick and if you over heat it it will melt into the blob without any indication that it will do it.
@@weld-deluxltd7635 thank you. Now its clear. I will live with those scratches. Lol
Hi Sr, do you do pre heat and post heat?
Thanks a lot.
No, in both, pre and post
what type of fronius is that? im thinking of getting a ac dc 230 i magicwave
That is it, magicwave 250A. I tend not to run it higher then 200A with ambient temperature at 15C as I do not like the machine to be loaded that heavy. At this Amperage I have 100% duty cycle.
I am in Montréal, i have my rims get brocking. How much are u gonna charge me to repair my ?
Unfortunately you are too far from me, I am in Scotland
Yes👍👍
once something is broken , it's broken . if you break a bone , it may heal but it's never as good as it was before it broke and never will be .
a repair is hit or miss that's why it's called a repair , not a fix . it's only a fix if it lasts . if it doesn't last you simply have to keep repairing it til it can't be repaired anymore .
Good skills
Thank you
Thank you. Do you have experience with BEHR or AKRONT aluminium wheels? They are spoked aluminum rims for BMW motorcycles. If you have previous experience do you suggest 5356 filler for those rims also? I am always told and also read that one should avoid using filler rods containing magnesium on cast aluminium. As far as i know cast aluminium is repaired with 4043. Can you explain why you choose 5356? And lastly what about the heat treatment?? Since you repaired many rims obviously it is not a big issue but if its not a big issue why they are getting heat treatment?? Becase the area you weld is relatively small so it doesnt effect the general properties of the rim?
If you use 4043 the repair will fail almost certainly. Alloy wheels are Al/Mg/Si so best to use filler rod as close to that as possible.
@@humourless682 thank you
@ I would be very cautious about welding bike rims. The weld will never be as strong as the rest of the rim.
@@humourless682 Very little to no information is out there to have some idea how bad of an idea to repair a bike rim. Unfortunately i will end up seeing it myself because i will be doing these kind of repairs if i can build my own workshop finally. Best thing i can is to try the rim on an off road track to see if the weld fails.
@ I have been repairing alloy car wheels for more than 20 years, and I have a good idea of what I am doing.
I don't repair bike wheels, as should there be a failure there is a high chance of death or serious injury.
If you want to repair car wheels as a business, you will need a 3 phase 300amp machine, ideally with mixed wave forms, water-cooled, and to be able to use it to a good standard.
It is possible to do the job with a lesser machine, but it will take much longer, and that will reduce profits. I can repair a cracked wheel in about 20-25 minutes easily.
Thank you bud
Thanks for watching! Are you in metal work yourself?
@@weld-deluxltd7635 yes truck trailer repairs. Looking at getting into aluminium welding like with wheels and possible aluminium body repair
Awesome, do not hesitate to ask if you need any advice
@@weld-deluxltd7635 appreciate that man cheers
Heaven duty industrial ground clamp !
Yes, it is a good one
Have you tried mixing Argon with Helium? Would that help with penetration?
It will make arc hotter
@@weld-deluxltd7635 But that means it should penetrate deeper and result in stronger welds? Can you recommend a method or device how to mix in 10%-20% of Helium somewhat reliably? Connecting outputs of two flow meters does not work at all, I saw no change in my welds. The only way I think I see it possible is to modify the welder by adding another gas input valve to work in parallel.
@@NilsJakobson I never had to mix as it is available pre mixed from suppliers. Yet i never had to use it any Helium mixes. if i had to improvise i would consider running the union with two flow meters in reverse
nice
Thanks
What welder do use and best starting amp settings plz
I currently use 2 TiG machines, 250A Fronius and 400A R-Tech, if you interested to know how they compare, I have a video somewhere on the channel.
130-160 A would be a good start.(different machines will behave slightly different). Once you put some beads in you will need to drop amps as temperature rise, especially near the edge.
Have fun!
@@weld-deluxltd7635 thank you
sir i need help my motorcycle engine crankcase just broke pls give me an ideal on how to repair it professionally
Since you asking this question, I guess that you can not do it by yourself. Find some one local who can
You doing good mate, I will first see if the rim is not bent befor I weld the rim
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A chunk broke off the outer lip of my Subaru wheel. Do you think it's ok to try filling it?
No idea, you asking me to make decision on something that i never seeing.
@@weld-deluxltd7635 Just emailed a pic. Thanks
What type of welding machine used? AC or DC
AC
I need to repair my car alloy wheel. Can you do.. please advise
It depends on the type of the damage and your location
Nice execution of the repair. most repair shops (3 that I've seen so far) dont even finish off after they weld the wheel. They just leave the weld exposed and looks horrible.
Thank you
I actually liked the first better but the green is probably the most realistic...
Thanks. The technology is progressing and now screens are available that produce no green tint
Even when this video is old, you can guarantee ur welding bro..
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Interesting
Thank you
Nice works! Just a tip from my experience, use a milling blade to grind and a ally cutting blade to cut and grind too.The steel cutting disc can cause abrasive material inclusion in the weld where the correct disc won't being a tungsten carbide tip, and its faster and safer when controlled correctly on a air angle grinder.
Thanks for constructive comment, you are right about everything that you say. As you saw, I use regular cutting disc on the first cut just to give my self clear indication where the crack is. Once I bridge the back of it I cut out the bulk mass with the regular cutting disc and then remove the rest of material with carbide tool in the electric die grinder. This way any contamination that may be left from those abrasive wheels are removed.
Well spotted, thanks for watching!
You are right
How about some argon and helium mix?
It is much more expensive
What filler rod material do you use on aluminum wheels? Do use straight Argon or Argon/Helium?
5356 is the grade of rods and I run pure argon. ArHe mix is good if you need extra power out of your machine but you are paying for it as He is very expensive
Is there such thing as soldering a wheel crack?
There are solders available on the market, not sure it would be good for alloy wheels
What welder model did you use
I can not remember as have several machines most likely R-tech or Fronius