Original Posted By: "w b evans"
Anybody out there have experience tig welding aluminum sheet for fuel tanks? I'vegot mine fabricated and am ready to start, but have never tigged aluminumand though I've read, thought I'd see if anybody had first hand experience andsuggestions to share,thanks,Douwe________________________________________________________________________________
Pietenpol-List: tig welding aluminum
Re: Pietenpol-List: tig welding aluminum
Original Posted By: "Douwe Blumberg"
Douwe,I put in a 14 gal nose tank and the original 10 gal wing tank. Made uppatterns for both tanks, and fastened them together so I could TIG them.Had the head motor winder at our place show me how to TIG. Figured,,,Itwas easy. TIGed all the seams and got them home to check in case I had aleak or two.Well a watering can didn't have as many leaks.finally Asked a friend of mine who had built quite a few planes to TIG them.Believe me,,,there is no substitute for experience!!Checked them for leaks , and of course there were none. Now they are oneof the trouble free systems on my flying 1929 Pietenpol Aircamper.walt evansNX140DLps. got pics if you want----- Original Message -----
Douwe,I put in a 14 gal nose tank and the original 10 gal wing tank. Made uppatterns for both tanks, and fastened them together so I could TIG them.Had the head motor winder at our place show me how to TIG. Figured,,,Itwas easy. TIGed all the seams and got them home to check in case I had aleak or two.Well a watering can didn't have as many leaks.finally Asked a friend of mine who had built quite a few planes to TIG them.Believe me,,,there is no substitute for experience!!Checked them for leaks , and of course there were none. Now they are oneof the trouble free systems on my flying 1929 Pietenpol Aircamper.walt evansNX140DLps. got pics if you want----- Original Message -----