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forging aluminum barshoe

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forging aluminum barshoe 06 Oct 2006 18:24 #1

Hoofangler OFFLINE Senior Member Posts: 100 Karma: 0	When welding in a propane forge , can you use 1/8" 5356 rod when welding 6160 aluminum stock? also, what can you use to flux aluminum? Thanks Mike
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RE:forging aluminum barshoe 06 Oct 2006 21:06 #2

Mike Bailey OFFLINE Senior Member Posts: 423 Karma: 0	I have not tried to forge weld alum yet, but I think swann makes a flux just for it. good luck. Mike
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RE:forging aluminum barshoe 08 Oct 2006 15:49 #3

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Hoofangler wrote:

When welding in a propane forge , can you use 1/8" 5356 rod when welding 6160 aluminum stock? also, what can you use to flux aluminum?
Thanks
Mike

Hi Mike
make your scarfs as normal
before you marrie them together

make sure you clean them well
put your flux on

then get your aliminium wire
role it around your pritchel couple of times

forming a circle put it on anvil flatan it
like pancake

put it on your scarf
wait til you see a bubble burst

bring out put the head of your turning
hammer on the weld and press

wait a min or 2 then you can forge

Smitty88
John Mc Loughlin

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RE:forging aluminum barshoe 08 Oct 2006 16:19 #4

George Geist OFFLINE Master Posts: 3336 Thank you received: 3 Karma: 3	For flux I use some stuff called Welco #10. use that, do as Smitty says after first brushing and it should work good for you. George
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RE:forging aluminum barshoe 08 Oct 2006 21:37 #5

CordesShoeing OFFLINE Senior Member Posts: 186 Karma: 0	I love looking at the stuff smitty makes. Has a deffinate skill for turning out a shoe.
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RE:forging aluminum barshoe 09 Oct 2006 00:55 #6

Hoofangler OFFLINE Senior Member Posts: 100 Karma: 0	Thanks guys, Smitty, for the aluminum wire, is the 1/8 th inch rod ok as long as it is flat,being that it is a different alloy? George, where are you getting the flux (paste or powder?) ? Nice shoe! Thanks, Mike
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RE:forging aluminum barshoe 09 Oct 2006 05:45 #7

George Geist OFFLINE Master Posts: 3336 Thank you received: 3 Karma: 3	I get it at welding supply. Is a light bluish powder that comes in a little white container. Is specially intended for welding aluminum and works real good. George
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RE:forging aluminum barshoe 03 Nov 2006 23:39 #8

Hoofangler OFFLINE Senior Member Posts: 100 Karma: 0	I've been looking for the Welco 10 stuff and can't come up with it... Could anybody help me with a site or link to order it from (sorry, I'm not very computer handy) thanks, Mike
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RE:forging aluminum barshoe 04 Nov 2006 18:45 #9

George Geist OFFLINE Master Posts: 3336 Thank you received: 3 Karma: 3	Mike, Correction on that. As I sit here looking at it I see its a pinkish color not blue. Anyway, I get it at the welding supply place where I get my oxygen and acetylene tanks filled. Sitting here looking at the label it says Harris Welco division of JW Harris Co., Inc. 1061 York Rd Kings Mountain NC 28086 704-739-8421. Hope that helps, George
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