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TIG Welding Exhaust Sections

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Testing The Jake Brake In The Newell! (Straight Pipe Detroit Series 60)

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What happens here

The presenter prepares for TIG welding the aluminized exhaust pipe. He emphasizes that because it's off-the-shelf aluminized pipe, the welds will not exhibit the characteristic 'nice colors' often seen with stainless steel, focusing instead on structural integrity. He uses a Fronius MagicWave 230 TIG welder, wearing welding gloves and a helmet, to join the exhaust sections.

Goal: Permanently join the exhaust pipe sections

Tools and materials

  • Aluminized Exhaust Pipe Off-the-shelf — The material being welded
  • Argon Gas Tank — Shielding gas for TIG welding
  • TIG Welder Fronius MagicWave 230 — Joining the exhaust pipe sections
  • Welding Gloves Vulcan — Hand protection during welding
  • Welding Helmet Vizor Pro — Eye and face protection during welding
  • Welding Rod — Filler material for welding

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once I get a mocked up a little better I'll hammer out the details keep in mind this is just off-the-shelf aluminized pipe you can go buy it anywhere so it's not going to look that good well it's not gonna have any nice colors or nothing this is just a go get stuff from the store make it happen kind of thing you want to see something nice with nice colors don't look at the Escalade Shane Mack hilarious headers to chase a lot of boxcar all kinds of nice stuff on there right here where's trying to mix up that this is actually the first time I've used my new Proteus magic wave 230 on steel that's not really a great representation or for me to figure out what it does this is just it's material but get it done I'm glad to be back under the hood make I can't wait to redo this complexity old like cool fare craft stainless tear drop line and all that stuff oh yeah that's nice and gray just the way I don't like but anyway I got a

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