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Default TIG Welding 6061 aluminum

On 8/30/2010 6:28 PM, Don Foreman wrote:

Since it's a knife handle, I would anodize it when it's finished to
avoid the problem of black hands from aluminum oxide in the kitchen.
5356 will give a better color match when anodizing.


If he's trapping the blade during the welding process, then it can't be
anodized...


Jon