On 22 Jan 2006 00:36:12 -0800, "rghendrix"
wrote:

Welding Aluminum with Oxy/Acet DOES NOT work due to the impuritys from
the enviornment entering the weld area. Tig or Mig are used
specifically for the reason that it has a shield of inert gas such as
Helium or Argon surronding the Stinger wich keeps impuritys out of the
weld area.

Glenn Hendrix
Hendrix Machine & Tool. Inc.

Wrong. Dead wrong. Bull****! Read the Alcoa textbook about
aluminum welding , and regard the craft of expert metalworkers in
custom aircraft and racecars before you embarrass yourself further.

I do try hard to be civil, but it sorely irritates me when one
offering credentials of credibility ( Hendrix Machine & Tool, Inc)
posts dead-wrong opinion-posing-as-fact that would misguide an
earnest poster asking for guidance.

So much for your credentials and credibility.

BTW, "Stinger" sometimes refers to a stick-welding rod (SMAW process)
but not usually to the tungsten electrode in GTAW (TIG) or the wire
in GMAW (MIG).