Well, that's kind of a simplistic and somewhat misleading response. There are indeed certain styles of welding that are more suitable for some types of base material than others. TIG, though, works well with both ferrous and nonferrous metals. I've only worked with TIG a few times, but that soft arc and clean, smooth bead were pure welding sweetness.
Steve Barner, Bolton, Vermont
> Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 11:46:30 -0800
> From: "henox" <henox@icycle.net>
> To: <worthy2@earthlink.net>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Subject: Re: [CR]Re: MIG, TIG
>
>
> Subject: [CR]Re: MIG, TIG
>
> Alan asked:
>
> > Isn't there a crucial difference as to the type of welding that can be
> used to join NON-FERROUS metals like titanium (TIG will do it, as well as
> aluminum and stainless) and FERROUS metals (MIG, stick, torch-welding will
> work only on carbon steel and iron, not stainless steel or non-ferrous).
>
> No.
>
> > Here's a thought: back in ancient time (1970's) "Heliarc" welding was
what
> was employed on aluminum, now it's always TIG and Heliarc has faded into
> history...could THAT be the method used on Teledyne Titans?
>
> "Heliarc" was simply Linde's trademark name for their TIG welding process.
>
> Hugh Enox
> La Honda (raining today)
>
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