cheapcookie
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Hey can some one explain to endless sphere what it would take to spot weld aluminium to aluminium ?
Well,...the short answer is...what it would take is a spot welder !cheapcookie said:Hey can some one explain to endless sphere what it would take to spot weld aluminium to aluminium ?
cheapcookie said:harder than copper ?
jonescg said:Well I just tried welding 0.3 mm Nickel and got nowhere. 200 Joules did nothing... Solders beautifully though
some interesting info on thatHillhater said:Al from soda/beer cans is 100% coated with prtective epoxy laquer..both sides..
but as a lifelong "canmaker" , i have to say its only a very superficial glimpse of the full story........ the first thing I learned there was that manufacturing aluminum cans is so challenging, and requires such a vast amount of study, design, and precise machining, that many consider cans the most engineered products in the world.
eww. i thought Coke was acidic enough to eat through stuff, why arent we all drinking epoxy?Hillhater said:Al from soda/beer cans is 100% coated with prtective epoxy laquer..both sides.. So a lot of prep will be required.
And the thickness is less than 0.1mm in the side walls, or 0.25 mm in the center of the bottom "dome"