Welding steel frame

madrabbett · 11-25-2011, 02:56 PM

I was cutting a piece off my top tube and cut into the frame.... I was going to run a small bead(TIG) to sure up the spot, it is three inches forward from the seat post.
what are the thoughts on this.

Painkiller · 11-25-2011, 04:50 PM

assuming you are an experienced welder able to use a tig it should be fine

rommer25 · 11-26-2011, 12:07 PM

You should have no problems. I had a Schwinn Wasp that the welded on kick stand broke off of. It created two wholes in the frame that were almost the diameter of the frame. I had a guy close up the wholes and used it for years. He just used a common welding rod that he was welding with at the time I walked in. I was a kid and he was one of my paper route customers. He charged me fifty cents.

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