How To Weld Sheet Metal With Oxy Acetylene

Learn the tricks to gas welding aluminum sheet metal with mike from cobra torches.

How to weld sheet metal with oxy acetylene. The base metal is pre heated as stated above and when it begins to sweat the rod is melted on to the surface. Gap wire a wire used for correct spacing of butt joints. Oxyacetylene welding unit 1 information sheet 1. Oxygen acetylene gas welding with the oxygen acetylene torch.

Fusion welding a welding process that joins metals by heating them to be a melting point and allowing them to fuse or flow together. I really enjoy oxy fuel welding i find it very relaxing. These are older methods of joining thin metal sections that still have some application in today s world of mostly electric welding. Haha haven t done it in a while.

In most cases they will prove inferior in one or more of several ways to electric welding approaches. Terms and definitions a. For light welding like this 5 psi is a good starting place for both oxygen and acetylene. An excess acetylene flame is used to deposit the metal.

Oxy acetylene welding and sheet metal. Oxy acetylene gas welding brazing and braze welding. The weld metal should be added in small deposits and the whole surface gradually built up to the required thickness. Oxy fuel or oxy acetylene welding are gas welding procedures that were invented in the early 1900 s.

Weld and cut in one kit with this torch from eastwood that s made in the u. See all 26 photos to set the flame open the acetylene valve on the torch body about 1 4 turn and use a. Base metal metal to be welded brazed or cut. And this welding process is still very popular today mainly because it does not require much equipment and does not require power.