Friction Stir welding AL to AL

[24preacherboy]

Turn up the welding gas!

[hotchicksandpuppies]

I am a welder and the closeup at the end shows all the porosity, maybe the lack of shielding gas, but I would have just tigged it.

[M1ST3RHYDE]

NICE tunes :)

[bladeliker]

omg they use that on nasa fuel tanks it makes holes ???? and tig is better you know that you have penertraed and have a nice look afterwards

[snake9510]

for me as a welder it's horrible to see something like this... seriously.. who can withstand some nice tig weldings??

[dembones01]

yikes. lack of consolidation.

[alexandukgr]

Yes, in 1991 :-)

It's a very simple but very innovative welding technique!

[vinaysrinivasan]

well it was first invented by Wayne Thomas at TWI U.K

, Cambridge unvesity...............

[Mattersmatter]

not bad...the device needs to be re-calibrated though, that was an uneven weld

[bladeliker]

agreed but if they use that on nasa and havent checked the weld properly could it caurse something two happen ???