Can You Weld Aluminum With a Regular MIG Welder? Yes, but you must set your welder up correctly using the correct gas, wire, and liner. You’ll also want to keep the welding liner straight to avoid snapping the wire. It’s important to note that welding aluminum is more challenging than welding steel and requires more…
Over the years, I’ve worn all kinds of pants when welding, from your normal cotton cloth pants to denim jeans. If you’re new to welding, you might wonder why do welders wear jeans while welding. Does it protect them somehow, or is it just for the looks.? Many welders wear jeans because it is made…
Can welding give you a tan or sunburn? If you’ve ever had a sunburn, you know how painful it can be. A welding flash can have the same reaction. I’ve personally experienced this several times over the years, from being burnt on my face, neck, arms, and even my chest. However, these incidents happened because…
If you’re new to welding you may not know that you need to protect your eyes from welding flash. This flash can be harmful to your eyes and even burn them. This is something I’ve personally experienced, however you might be wondering what can I use to protect myself from this flash? Will a pair…
Over the years I’ve welded without a mask a handful of times and I can honestly say I’ve learned my lesson. Exposure to welding flash can burn your eyes, and your skin, and even cause permanent damage. The question is what do you do if you have been welding without a mask? Welding without a…
Over the years I’ve welded all kinds of stuff from hog gates, trailers, and even metal trees for the Columbus Zoo. Yes, you heard that right. However, when it comes to something like soldering my experience is a bit lacking. The question is if you can solder something and hold just as well as welding…
If you have a MIG welder you know that it has a set of feed rollers on it the pull the wire from the wheel to the lead, to the weld gun where it ultimately welds a bead. However, what you may not know is how important these feed rollers are. I learned this the…
One thing that is inevitable with MIG welders is tip issues. Over the years I’ve had all kinds of issues with welding tips over the years but I’ve learned a lot about how to to keep them clean so I don’t ruin them and most of all save money buying a lot of tips. So…
If there is one thing I can tell you about welding it’s that it’s not always pretty, and over the years I’ve welded some pretty nasty stuff. At the top of that list is rusty metal. This can be one of the most difficult things to weld and get to look good. So how do…
Whether your just tinkering around on the side or doing a welding project for high school then you’re going to need metal for your welding project. I’ve done a lot of these over the years a to be a truthful metal can cost a lot of money especially in today’s economic state. So what is…