Tig Welding Aluminium Bike Frame

What you re seeing is raw steel tubing with a clear gloss powder coat.

Tig welding aluminium bike frame.

Welding melts the frame tubes with a filler metal to create a single solid piece of metal. Inweld has been providing the welding and fabrication industry with quality products since 1970. Manufacturers use two types of welding to build bike frames tig and mig. I m not sure about the deadly aluminium fumes your.

Torch got you down. Another mission powder coated blue. Aluminium bicycle frame repair using tig aluminium repair welding equipment. Bike frame fixtured on a stronghand tools welding table and welded out using both er70s 2 tig rod along with weldmold 880.

I visited with mike zanconato of zanconato custom cycles and filmed his process for notching tubes and tig welding aluminum bikes. Aluminium bicycle welding is one of the most difficult of all welding procedures. This video about tig welding an aluminum bike frame was filmed at zanconato custom cycles shop in sutton ma. We can help you keep joining tubes with masterweld tig torches replacement parts and consumables needed for bicycle frame.

Aluminum is a very popular metal for bikes. Generally tig welding creates a stronger cleaner looking weld. Above is a mission frame made of 4130 chromoly steel that s been tig tungsten inert gas welded. Nice high quality dc only set for the same brass.

Bicycle fabrication supply keeps in stock inweld tig welding alloys for steel stainless and aluminum. Steel aluminum and titanium bikes can be welded. Tig welded joints are the most common type today found on lots of bikes and lots of styles. 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.