Yeah I undestand. That is why I was palnning on welding the backsides and not the straight up visible seems. I plan on trying with a machine that I purpose purchased from HF-if it doesn't turn out-no huge loss. I appreciate the advice y'all!
Pork
Jan 23, 2010 Rating
Sounds like a great project! by: Anonymous
Hello Pork,
Josh here,
I am actually a welding student at a school here in San Diego, and I have Aluminum Dianmond plate too for a project I am about to do. I would say probably to have someone do it as Aluminum is tricky to master. It didnt take me very long to learn GTAW..Or even GMAW using a spool of 4043 electrode wire. I think it looks nicer of course as anyone would say with the GTAW process,it looks nicer because of the "Stacked Dime" look- On Diamond plate would look nice if you just layed the welds on top rather than from the underside of the diamond plates, and polish it up. You will have a nice looking bed. So basically, Im saying have someone to do it..It takes precise control so that burn through doesnt occur if your a noob and dont yet have a feel for footpedel. Or go Invest in a machine. Good Luck!
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