Thread: Welding Aluminum MIG or TIG?
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Re: Welding Aluminum MIG or TIG?
My high school shop teacher (who was an accomplished steel welder), compared MIG welding aluminum to "melting two sticks of butter together". He never was able to get the hang of it, even when we brought in new, better equipment.
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