Machining and Tig Welding Aluminum AN fitting to a Radiator. Machining on a lathe

Nothing fancy to see here, just some down and dirty, get it done work. We machine a custom AN fitting for an aluminum radiator. A customer dropped of a new radiator for his race car and needed an AN fitting Tig welded to the tank. We didn't have the correct fitting in stock, so we quickly adapted a different fitting in the lathe to make what we needed. This allowed us to get the job done in minuets not days. Having basic machine shop equipment available in a race car shop allows for modifying parts, making custom parts, tools and fixtures at will.
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[@petar443]

The radiator turned out awesome. Thanks for all the good tips and tricks. Using lathe and mill for automotive stuff is always interesting. Please keep making these videos.

[@phillipshotrods]

I wish i had a camera man. We could film 8 hours of footage every day. The machine shop is in use daily as well

[@ElectronicMechanic50]

This is a great tip for "making" things work!

[@kerrygatling663]

Is your tig machine setup to pulse?

[@daviddelacruz7496]

Bro , my radiator has a small leak drop every now and then and can see it runs off corner on a weld , is it fixable? It’s aluminum

[@phillipshotrods]

Yes but welding contaminated aluminum which you can not clean the inside requires a lot of skill.

[@daviddelacruz7496]

@@phillipshotrods yeah they sent me to guy called el maestro lol and he said same so I just ended up getting oem plastic one