aluminum welding a footpegs Honda VFR platinum: ok or not?

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Re: Aluminum welding of a Honda VFR footrest plate: ok or not?




by GuyGadeboisTheBack » 22/11/21, 17:23

Macro wrote:In fact it was the blank edit. Then it was adjusted with the mudguard in place Once adjusted everything is online ...

Ah bah here! Well done.
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by Macro » 20/05/23, 15:55

In the rescue genre with 10 bullets... Because indeed this piece of porcium costs 11€ and wheelbarrows on discount ride-on...

Fucking mower blade holder hub...Since I got my house I've had at least a dozen of them...Also normally I always have some in stock but there...I forgot to restock ...
Since it's a stupid aluminum alloy, I didn't expect much from the repair, but hey... Go... I had two broken ones in stock...

Cleaning with a straight grinder of the pieces held in place and heating of the pieces with a stripper
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Until ... As much as possible (I hadn't done it on the first try and it was laborious at the start ...
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Semi-automatic pro station, equipped with aluminum spool 0.8, rollers and aluminum nozzles
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by Macro » 20/05/23, 16:13

Automatic program selection for aluminum 2.5mm thick 16,3V 114A speed 17.8m/min
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And here is the work... after several passes to "reinforce" the assembly...
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The last passes were made at higher current (basic setting for 2.8mm aluminum 16.9V 161A 19.1 m/min)
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Tests done on the machine .... Used for an hour it holds ...
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by Christophe » 20/05/23, 17:16

That's big solder poo : Mrgreen: but well played if it holds (I have some doubts about the quality of the penetration anyway...) !!
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by GuyGadeboisTheBack » 20/05/23, 17:19

Oh it's a weld? I was thinking of a chrysalis caterpillar...Image
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by Christophe » 20/05/23, 17:22

Pfff, you're a naughty guy! Show yours!!
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by GuyGadeboisTheBack » 20/05/23, 18:17

Christophe wrote:Pfff, you're a naughty guy! Show yours!!

In jewelry, welds or brazes are (ideally) invisible. Move along, there's nothing to see. : Mrgreen:
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by Christophe » 20/05/23, 18:22

Yeah, yeah goldsmithery...gay welds! : Mrgreen:
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by Macro » 20/05/23, 18:25

In fact...the photo hurts.. Before the last cord there are two others below...

And I think it got in anyway : Cheesy: seen from below
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seen from above it has melted the piece where the tapping is located
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Re: Aluminum welding of a Honda VFR footrest plate: ok or not?




by Ahmed » 20/05/23, 18:57

Well, aluminum, mig, it's not easy for those who are not used to it. The top would be a pulsed mig... 8)
But if it holds, and there is every reason to think so, it's all good!
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