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Old 11-22-2018, 12:11 PM
sblack sblack is offline
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I have never heard of this annealing method using the color of the flame. Can you explain a bit? I always just burn soot off, assuming that it works for all alloys. I have never looked up the annealing temps of the different alloys. I never would have recognized that I could be not annealing fully or setting myself up for cracks. This is great info.

Never thought of tacking with the tig. I use the meco and flux when I weld aluminum. That is awesome. Saves washing all the flux off to make sure you don't dissolve your hammers and dollies when you are bashing the parts into alignment. Do you use a much higher than normal amperage and just stomp once on the pedal? 1 amp per 0.001"?

Thank you so much Will and Kent for the picture extravaganza and I don't think anyone would complain if you posted more.
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