AW: SER1 spot welding aluminium

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Hi Charlie,

you need much more current than welding steel. 

If you use a normal spot welder for thin sheets this may not be sufficient.

As for a reference book, there is a pretty good Haynes publication called
"Automotive Welding" or something very similar. No need to buy it, just have
a look at it in a bookshop.

Ulrico
 

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Betreff: SER1 spot welding aluminium

The tailgate on my 80" resembles a horribly mangled autumn leaf, so I
thought it would be fun to fabricate a new one.

Can anyone tell me how, or give some good references which I can read, which
tell how to spotweld aluminium? I have tried in the workshop with poor
results so far. If Landrover can do about a million welds a day it can't be
that hard. I don't want to use rivets except where they should be used.

Incidentally, is a 1953 tailgate the same as a 1951 version? 

Cheers Charlie


	

	
		
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