Tig Welding Aluminum Bicycle Frame

Aluminium bicycle frame repair using tig aluminium repair welding equipment.

Tig welding aluminum bicycle frame.

Welding melts the frame tubes with a filler metal to create a single solid piece of metal. Tig welded joints are the most common type today found on lots of bikes and lots of styles. We can help you keep joining tubes with masterweld tig torches replacement parts and consumables needed for bicycle frame. Torch got you down.

Aluminium bicycle welding is one of the most difficult of all welding procedures. In the last video we tack welded the front triangle together in the frame jig and. Above is a mission frame made of 4130 chromoly steel that s been tig tungsten inert gas welded. What you re seeing is raw steel tubing with a clear gloss powder coat.

Bike frame fixtured on a stronghand tools welding table and welded out using both er70s 2 tig rod along with weldmold 880. Another mission powder coated blue. Manufacturers use two types of welding to build bike frames tig and mig. Bicycle fabrication supply keeps in stock inweld tig welding alloys for steel stainless and aluminum.

This video about tig welding an aluminum bike frame was filmed at zanconato custom cycles shop in sutton ma. Today we re tig welding the front triangle of my hardtail mountain bike. When you re getting started with bicycle framebuilding you have different options for how you want to join the tubes of the bike frame together. Generally tig welding creates a stronger cleaner looking weld.

Inweld has been providing the welding and fabrication industry with quality products since 1970. Aluminum is a very popular metal for bikes. Tig welding a bike frame with 032 wall alloy steel tubing and with weldmold 880 tig rod and then smashing it with a hammer.