Welding Titanium?

Pookster said:

I made a side mount out of scrap metal and found out it's Titanium. Does anyone out there have the equipment and experience to weld it together for me?

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Your easiest bet would be to try bolting it together. I personally never welded Titanium but heard its a pain in the neck. even aluminum can be a pain if you dont have a good welder because you gotta pulse it right

Welding titanium is a specialty type and must be shielded from air in a vacuum or container containing inert gas. Best bet, clamp and epoxy, or bolt thru. Maybe someone has the special equip here?

Pookster said:

I made a side mount out of scrap metal and found out it's Titanium. Does anyone out there have the equipment and experience to weld it together for me?

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How did you manage to get that far and not know it's titanium? I sure home you werent using feeds and speeds for a softer, easier to cut material.

A quick way to check if it's titanium is to run it on a belt sander. It will make cool looking blue and white sparks.

Someone gave me a pile of scrap metal and this piece just happen to be the thickness that I liked. looks like regualar sheet metal to me and I had it cut to size by a press and didn't find out it was titanium until we went to smooth the edges. I sparked bright white which is a sign of titanuim. Talked to coulple of welders and they said the weld has to be in an oxygen free enviorment by having argon as a shielding gas. I live in a small town and no one has welded titanium before.

you might be better off to look through the pile again and see if you can find a piece of steel or aluminum with the thickness you like and start over. I know it's a pain in the @ss but even if you do find someone with the equipment to weld titanium, I doubt they'll do it for free. And you'll prolly have to pay for shipping both ways to get it to them and back.

Pookster said:

I made a side mount out of scrap metal and found out it's Titanium. Does anyone out there have the equipment and experience to weld it together for me?

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TIG, argon with diffuser cup, and non-thoriated electrode.

Also see:

http://www.millerwelds.com/resources/articles/TIG-gtaw-titanium-welding

Cheers

BarFury said:

TIG, argon with diffuser cup, and non-thoriated electrode.

Cheers

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Wait a minuet Bar Fury: Didn't they call you TIG, because you wore a argon diffuser cap with a non-thoriated electrode on top! Wasn't that you?

mental said:

Wait a minuet Bar Fury: Didn't they call you TIG, because you wore a argon diffuser cap with a non-thoriated electrode on top! Wasn't that you?

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Musta' been! LOL.

Cheers

Ummm, sell the titanium if it's a big piece and buy yourself some nice stainless steel plus some other things?...