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20th Jul 2021, 08:22 PM #16Most Valued Member
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I know, but I think they are different fluxes. Otherwise standard OA welding glasses would work? I don’t know for certain, but apparently standard OA goggles and aluminium welding goggles are quite different.
Chris
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20th Jul 2021, 10:04 PM #17Most Valued Member
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I bought a pair of cobalt blue glasses last time I had a crack at welding ally with gas. They are available locally and not overly expensive.
Then I had a lightbulb moment when I realised how tedious it was and how bad I sucked at it and bought a TIG
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20th Jul 2021, 11:40 PM #18Novice
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How did they go with the orange flare from the flux?
I do have a multiprocessor unit that does TIG but DC only but would need to get an Argon bottle purely to use it, plus won't do aluminium. I was wanting to get setup with a O/A to for its other uses of heating, cutting etc aswell.
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21st Jul 2021, 09:26 AM #19
I inherited my dad’s blue lenses. I remember him making a twin carby manifold for the Vanguard ute before he put the TR4 motor in it.
Problem is I now can’t find them in the stash.
I do however know a couple of dudes who regularly weld Al with oxy after tacking with Tig.
A Tig weld is much less ductile and if you have to do any postweld wheeling or planishing, an oxy weld is the way to go.
If your not in a screaming hurry I’m happy to chase up where they get their lenses from.Jimcracks for the rich and/or wealthy. (aka GKB '88)
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21st Jul 2021, 06:48 PM #20Most Valued Member
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They seemed to work well enough for the application. Certainly my ability to see what I was doing was far greater than my ability to actually do it
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21st Jul 2021, 07:00 PM #21Most Valued Member
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22nd Jul 2021, 12:45 AM #22Novice
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