My Imported Welder

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Keep at it Henry, once you get the nack aluminum welds just as easy as steel, its just that fine line of welding and melting.
A friend brought an outboard over one day with the cavitaion plate broke, where he dropped it. Sure we can weld that. So we clean it up get the pieces aligned i get the tig set up, hadn't welded any aluminum in some time but hay its like a bike, once you catch on no problem. So I grind a nice point on the tungsten and try to weld this thing, not going good at all, doesn't sound right, not flowing, try adjusting the cleaning action, different filler, the weld is looking like pidgin poop, Herb keeps checking our progress, he's frowning, Im cursing but its going together and we can always clean it up with a flap wheel on the grinder, just add more filler. Just about done when all of a sudden the weld smooths out the sound goes to that nice steady hum, the stars and planets aligned. The last of the weld looks perfect. DAAAA, the tip rounded out to a ball, I'd ground it to that nice sharp point Id been using for steel or stainless.