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RE: Header welding

To: "'wmtsmith@landracing.com'" <wmtsmith@landracing.com>,
Subject: RE: Header welding
From: "Albaugh, Neil" <albaugh_neil@ti.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 10:46:44 -0500
If it bubbles, you've used WAY too much heat. This forms intermetallics and
that joint becomes brittle & weak. Use a moderate sized gas tip so that the
heat is spread over a fairly good-sized area; if you use a tiny tip and
crank up the heat, it is concentrated onto the filler rod and the
overheating causes "fuming" (bubbling).

Regards, Neil     Tucson, AZ


-----Original Message-----
From: wmtsmith@landracing.com [mailto:wmtsmith@landracing.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 4:34 PM
To: Dick J; land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Header welding


Dick,

I was told to mig the inside and the clean up with grinder--the to
braze-solder the outside joint using a 3/16 or 1/8 fluxed rod--ie use low
heat small gas tip, heat the flange and let the metal flow into the tube -
flange joint crack--if the metal bubbels you are using to much heat. wmts 
> 
 
> 

  "Sparky"
Lakester 2211

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