TIG Weld a hand guard onto a frame

[automeister]

Anyone on here TIG and willing to weld a hand guard onto a frame? I want an autococker frame like the Meteor one with a hand guard on it

[Ecapnation]

Buy one from meteor?

[automeister]

So they are out of stock, and I might prefer a different frame. I would like an 86 degree frame with the guard

[Ecapnation]

So your options are weld nonsense to a $300 frame and not have it anno correctly

[automeister]

Exactly! However, the anno I would maybe go with would prob somewhat hide the anno issues

[XEMON]

You will not be able to match the ano. The welded area is gonna take the dye differently and will be a different color.

TIG aluminum is a beast on its own, and small parts like that need extra special care and technique. Be ready to cost you a lot or lose a few parts if you want clean somewhat seamless job

[automeister]

Good point. Perhaps a busy color pattern will help hide the differentiation in color

[BrickHaus]

I did a trigger guard. I used 4000 series filler as it's all we had, but it'll be 2x small patches as I cut nice fillets for my buddy who did the burning. I was told those spots will just anodize black no mayter what you trym I haven't attempted to anodize it yet, but I just figured I'd request an acid wash or something to hide the defects once it happens.

It'll likely go to KMDPB to anodize lol.

[SR_matt]

You could always use fasteners to attach it. If you do it right you can make it actually a feature of the attachment instead of just "oh look someone just bolted that on".

[automeister]

That is good point, some nice recessed fasteners could be cool