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Padding and Stacking Aluminum Beads

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Jody Collier |

Padding Beads on  aluminum

If you are new to TIG welding aluminum and want to get better quickly without spending a lot on practice metal, this is for you.

Padding beads on a piece of aluminum 1/8" to 1/4" thick is the best practice there is for beginners and it even can help seasoned welders.

Padding Beads on 1/8" thick aluminum

Padding Beads on 1/4" thick aluminum

Stacking Aluminum Beads for Practice Feeding the Filler rod

Padding and Stacking beads on aluminum plate will not only make you better quicker than other types of practice but it will improve your wire feeding hand.

Aluminum requires much more filler wire than steels and that fact makes your filler rod feeding hand get up to speed better that practicing on steel.

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