[Shop-talk] Welding Aluminum

[Steve Shipley]

At 03:34 PM 1/10/2010 -0600, nogera2 at att.net wrote:
>I'm doing some repairs on an aluminum fender. The edge of the fender is
>finished with a rolled wire edge. A couple of the cracks in the aluminum are
>at the wire edge. I will be taking the fender to a shop to be welded. What I
>would like to know is can the aluminum be welded with the wire in place or
>will the steel wire cause problems with welding the aluminum which is
>wrapped around the steel wire?

I didn't respond cause I don't know.... but I know who does....I used the 
Google.
    * You can e-mail your questions to Professor Hammer at covell at cruzio.com
I think he still writes a column for Street Rodder magazine.  He gives 
classes on
metalworking around the country at various locations.   As part of his 
class he
demonstrated how quickly a good metal man can take out a dent.  He took a big
hammer and put a few big dents in the fender of a 35 Ford and showed how 
quickly
he could dolly out the dent and file it smooth.  For someone who has smeared a
bunch of bondo, it was a revelation. I remember that there was someone in 
the basic
aluminum class who was working on an airplane which had a rolled edge and he
demonstrated that technique.It's been several years since I took a class 
but I remember
emailing a  question and getting a pretty decent answer.

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