Thank You Everyone!

All went well. No Boom! Washed out with warm water and dish soap about 5 times and purged with argon for a few minutes before welding. Welded it with the argon purging at about 10 cfh. Worked great.

Thanks Again!!

Hey Everyone,

I need to fix a aluminum gas tank. Whats the best way to do this without going Boom? Is purging with argon or similar nonflammable gas good enough or what else can I do?

Thanks!

Hey Everyone, I have a miller dynasty 200dx and have been having trouble when welding aluminum at a higher voltage like 150 to 180. The tungsten tip just deforms, kind of blows out, and gets nasty looking. The arc goes all over the place. I just have an air cooled wp17 torch, and use the red tungste...