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Old 07-11-09, 05:33 PM
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Aluminum Welders (In need of a good shop)

Hey guys I'm looking to see if anyone has any referrals for a great aluminum welder. I'm in need of a small bit of welding of a flange onto some IC piping and I'm unaware of any places in Sno County that do excellent work. The last shop I used did steel to steel for me and lets just say the weld looked like sh*t and the pipe was burnt badly. SO with that being said I would like a Snohomish County aluminum welder that does excellent work at a reasonable price.
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Tim, there is a place in Redmond, by Willows that do a really good welding. He did all the welding for my intercooler pipe. If you want to drive by Redmond, you may be able to get it done.
Did you drive by Kirkland on Wed, 07/08? I think I saw your FD.
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What's the name of the place in Redmond? I'll probably need their services pretty soon.
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Tim, there is a place in Redmond, by Willows that do a really good welding. He did all the welding for my intercooler pipe. If you want to drive by Redmond, you may be able to get it done.
Did you drive by Kirkland on Wed, 07/08? I think I saw your FD.
I was in Kirkland on Thursday in the FD picking up a BOV flange from Stage. The Volvo was down for the day and I needed some fluids to complete the radiator swap. So it was an excuse to drive the FD

I'm not opposed to Redmond if he does good work. The last place I used was one Stage recommended and uses and he butchered my pipes so I don't want to take it back to him
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i have tig'rs at work that do all my stuff
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theres a great shop just outside of bonney lake idk if thats a little far for you or not.
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That's too far for one flange. I'd like something in Sno County
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I figure you were going to Stage.
The guy that I used was the person that Stage refered me to. Larry at Sta-Weld. Look it up on Google, and you will find the address and ph#. He weld my last intercooler pipe, did a good job, really cheap, and fast too. He did it while I wait, about 5 min.
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Probably the same guy they used for e last time, so I'm not interested. He did a terrible job.
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Bump.

Anyone have any recommendations of welders north of Seattle?
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how far u willin to go
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Not to bellingham. I'd like so stay within about 30 minutes of where I'm at which would be as far north as Mt Vernon and as far south as North Seattle
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i have tig'rs at work that do all my stuff
Tigga pleez.
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i dont know of any down that way. sorry
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Originally Posted by Upgrayedd
Probably the same guy they used for e last time, so I'm not interested. He did a terrible job.
Sta weld is a mobile welder, he also does stuff out of his house.

I have had a number of things done by him in both aluminum and steel. He always does a really good job with clean tight welds.
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Did you get this done yet tim, Del TACO volvo is coming up.
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I work for a company that manufactures alm tankers for all the gas companys. all of our welders are extreamly good ie certified in all sorts of ways. it is in kent, but i live in kirkland if you wanted to drop it off with me. I could get it done for you.
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Just take it to Speedware and have it done right. Remember you get what you pay for.
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I'm not looking for cheap necessarily, I just want absolutely great quality welds and I don't want to tavel too far. Where is Speedware?
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Calling Speedware tomorrow gonna try and get my welds done and get this stuff installed
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Redmond. best car shop in the state hands down
http://www.speedwaremotorsports.com/
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Got an appt at 8 am tomorrow cuz neither myself or the retail center could get anyone to answer over at the service center
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Thanks for the referral Adrian. I had Kelly down there take care of it and the guys were great. Holy sh*t do they have some awesome projects in there right now
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