A question for you welding/metal working fab experts.
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A question for you welding/metal working fab experts.
I'm in the process of building a front bumper. I'm making the main tube out of 2" x 5" x 1/4" wall tube. My wife's uncle has a nice shop with lots of metal stock he called scrap laying around. I found a piece of cold rolled flat bar that I want to use as my bumper mounts. He didn't have anything like I wanted in regular hot rolled. My question is can I weld the hot rolled tube and cold rolled flat together without any major issues? I don't have much welding knowledge, but I do have help that does. Thank you for your help.
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No problem. The only problem would be if it were dissimilar alloys, but there is welding rod for that too.
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cold rolled is a bit stronger than hot rolled, use everything u can man metal is always laying around, and welding should go fine
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Thanks guys. Like I said, my knowledge is limited, but growing. I used to deliver it, but couldn't remember if there were problems joining the 2 together. I'm using the cold rolled as my frame mounts/shackle (clevis) mounts. I knew it would be strong. Hopefully, I'll be posting pics of a completed bumper soon.
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I've got the only pics I have of my bumper right now up in my build thread. I'll make a dedicated bumper thread when I get further along on it.
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