Machining and Tig Welding Aluminum AN fitting to a Radiator. Machining on a lathe

Nothing fancy to see here, just some down and dirty, get it done work. We machine a custom AN fitting for an aluminum radiator. A customer dropped of a new radiator for his race car and needed an AN fitting Tig welded to the tank. We didn't have the correct fitting in stock, so we quickly adapted a different fitting in the lathe to make what we needed. This allowed us to get the job done in minuets not days. Having basic machine shop equipment available in a race car shop allows for modifying parts, making custom parts, tools and fixtures at will.
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  • @petar443
    @petar443 Жыл бұрын

    The radiator turned out awesome. Thanks for all the good tips and tricks. Using lathe and mill for automotive stuff is always interesting. Please keep making these videos.

  • @phillipshotrods

    @phillipshotrods

    Жыл бұрын

    I wish i had a camera man. We could film 8 hours of footage every day. The machine shop is in use daily as well

  • @ElectronicMechanic50
    @ElectronicMechanic50 Жыл бұрын

    This is a great tip for "making" things work!

  • @daviddelacruz7496
    @daviddelacruz7496 Жыл бұрын

    Bro , my radiator has a small leak drop every now and then and can see it runs off corner on a weld , is it fixable? It’s aluminum

  • @phillipshotrods

    @phillipshotrods

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes but welding contaminated aluminum which you can not clean the inside requires a lot of skill.

  • @daviddelacruz7496

    @daviddelacruz7496

    Жыл бұрын

    @@phillipshotrods yeah they sent me to guy called el maestro lol and he said same so I just ended up getting oem plastic one