Welding 20 Gauge Sheet Metal. The largest total sheet thickness used in the Cornell tests was approxi mately 0150 inches. If you do use solid then go.
When welding sheet metal youre going to want to tack your joints every 15 to 2 inches. Use a hammer to tap all the spots that arent tacked together. In a situation when a welder needs to make a butt weld on a 20-gauge panel and the parts are not able to touch each other not even for even 116 inches you will create a gap that is not capable of being absorbed by the heat.
Dont attempt to weld thin materials like sheet metal with flux-cored wires which put more heat into the base metal.
In a situation when a welder needs to make a butt weld on a 20-gauge panel and the parts are not able to touch each other not even for even 116 inches you will create a gap that is not capable of being absorbed by the heat. TIG welding sheet metal. For thinner gauge sheet metal like 18 or 20 gauge we suggest 023 6mm wire in your MIG welder. It is an arc welding process that where you feed a solid wire electrode through a welding gun.