Tig Welding Aluminum Bicycle Frame

Tig welding a bike frame with 032 wall alloy steel tubing and with weldmold 880 tig rod and then smashing it with a hammer.

Tig welding aluminum bicycle frame.

I specialise in bike frame welding welding bike frames to improve strength to the frame repairs to prevent future frame cracks after the bicycle frame welding has be done. Aluminium bicycle welding is one of the most difficult of all welding procedures. Welding melts the frame tubes with a filler metal to create a single solid piece of metal. Steel aluminum and titanium bikes can be welded.

When you re getting started with bicycle framebuilding you have different options for how you want to join the tubes of the bike frame together. Today we re tig welding the front triangle of my hardtail mountain bike. I visited with mike zanconato of zanconato custom cycles and filmed his process for notching tubes and tig welding aluminum bikes. Aluminium bicycle frame repair using tig aluminium repair welding equipment.

Another mission powder coated blue. This video about tig welding an aluminum bike frame was filmed at zanconato custom cycles shop in sutton ma. Bicycle fabrication supply keeps in stock inweld tig welding alloys for steel stainless and aluminum. In the last video we tack welded the front triangle together in the frame jig and.

Bike frame fixtured on a stronghand tools welding table and welded out using both er70s 2 tig rod along with weldmold 880. Above is a mission frame made of 4130 chromoly steel that s been tig tungsten inert gas welded. Inweld has been providing the welding and fabrication industry with quality products since 1970. Aluminum is a very popular metal for bikes.

Generally tig welding creates a stronger cleaner looking weld. Manufacturers use two types of welding to build bike frames tig and mig. Torch got you down.