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Jon Elson[_3_] Jon Elson[_3_] is offline
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Default Repairing a broken magnesium mower deck

BQ340 wrote:



The Lawnboy manual says to use a Heliarc welder in AC mode & pure
magnesium rod.

I would do that outside.....

Yes, and you'd want to set up a back-side shield-gas flood system, too.
Maybe a separate shield gas nozzle for the front side, too, and follow
along behind the welding torch.

Jon