Titanium tig welding rod, anyone have just a few sticks?

[SethO]

trying to fix the leo vince exhaust that fell apart and they wanted nothing to do with helping me out or from evlozone where I bought it and they said they would help if I had trouble.

If you order a box of tigg welding sticks it seems to be 100 to 1000 bucks depending on who you ask.

I just need 2 or 3 at the most, anyone have a box and want to sell a few? I would put up pics of what it was and how my roommate fixed it up.

 

[Lamonster]

You need a little more than that. First it has to be really really clean before welding and you need to backup the back side of the weld with argon or else your weld will become very brittle and it will crack. Best to take it to someone who's set up to weld titanium.
nojoke

 

[bruiser]

What Lamont said... :agree:

 

[SethO]

MY roommate is one of the best welders in the area, he just can't schedule for ****. The only thing we were missing were the stick for it.

he actually fixed it the first time by extending the 90 pipe farther into the can so it would bypass the crack in the bottom, but the top started to go and the can under the carbon fiber pushed off. SO it will have to be welded there.

This pipe also made me buy a big ass rivet gun that could put SS rivets in which you can NOT do with a regular one consistently, I have two broken ones to prove that.


I would like to see if this can be done and if you two are right I would have to say "lamont you sir, were right again" but I would to make sure it can't be done. Just need the material to prove it either way.

 

[Lamonster]

MY roommate is one of the best welders in the area, he just can't schedule for ****. The only thing we were missing were the stick for it.

he actually fixed it the first time by extending the 90 pipe farther into the can so it would bypass the crack in the bottom, but the top started to go and the can under the carbon fiber pushed off. SO it will have to be welded there.

This pipe also made me buy a big ass rivet gun that could put SS rivets in which you can NOT do with a regular one consistently, I have two broken ones to prove that.


I would like to see if this can be done and if you two are right I would have to say "lamont you sir, were right again" but I would to make sure it can't be done. Just need the material to prove it either way.

I'm sure your roommate is a great welder and can get the job done. Back when I did this for a living I had 17 certs and did welding procedures for company's like Arco Alaska, Bath Iron Works, General Electric, Mercedes Binz of Brazil just to name a few. Most everything I did was converting their company from a TIG welding process to a Pulse GMAW and Synergic Pulsed GMAW to speed up production and weld quality. I worked with some pretty crazy material including duplex stainless and HY120-140.

I'm not trying to prove anyone wrong here but there is a lot more to doing a quality job welding titanium. Here's a link that will give you more than you ever wanted to know about welding titanium. :doorag:

http://www.millerwelds.com/resources/articles/index.php?page=article120.html

 

[SethO]

I'm sure your roommate is a great welder and can get the job done. Back when I did this for a living I had 17 certs and did welding procedures for company's like Arco Alaska, Bath Iron Works, General Electric, Mercedes Binz of Brazil just to name a few. Most everything I did was converting their company from a TIG welding process to a Pulse GMAW and Synergic Pulsed GMAW to speed up production and weld quality. I worked with some pretty crazy material including duplex stainless and HY120-140.

I'm not trying to prove anyone wrong here but there is a lot more to doing a quality job welding titanium. Here's a link that will give you more than you ever wanted to know about welding titanium. :doorag:

http://www.millerwelds.com/resources/articles/index.php?page=article120.html

I will look at it thanks, Unlike me, Sean my roommate, is huge into having stuff perfect. I will run it by him.

 

[sinkhole]

Here's a link that will give you more than you ever wanted to know about welding titanium. :doorag:

http://www.millerwelds.com/resources/articles/index.php?page=article120.html

Lamont, great article.

 

[Spyder#353]

You need a little more than that. First it has to be really really clean before welding and you need to backup the back side of the weld with argon or else your weld will become very brittle and it will crack. Best to take it to someone who's set up to weld titanium.
nojoke

I agree with Lamont. :thumbup: