Also, you can't apply solder or lead to Aluminum.

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Post #398,739 by Andrew Grygus 1/30/15 11:27:40 AM Reply	Also, you can't apply solder or lead to Aluminum. You get cracks, you have a real problem.
Post #398,759 by a6l6e6x 1/30/15 8:42:29 PM Reply	But, there is aluminum brazing. Not an easy process. Back in the 70's, I had that done on a travel trailer aluminum water tank. Alex "There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." -- Isaac Asimov
Post #398,760 by hnick 1/31/15 6:32:06 AM 1/31/15 6:32:45 AM Reply	MIG (MGAW) welding works well on aluminum. Not difficult but you need the gear, including the gas tank. Pretty easy and very strong. "Religion, n. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable." ~ AMBROSE BIERCE (1842-1914) Edited by hnick Jan. 31, 2015, 06:32:45 AM EST Expand All History
Post #398,797 by pwhysall 2/2/15 3:05:17 AM Reply	I learned to do that in metalwork at school You need a really light touch, otherwise your work piece turns into Holesville, population: you.

interesting $60 per hour to work on steel $120 an hr to work on aluminum - (boxley) - (11) - Jan. 29, 2015, 04:00:03 PM EST

It's quite more malleable; takes more skill not to ruin it. Sounds a bargain. -NT - (Ashton) - (1) - Jan. 30, 2015, 12:17:45 AM EST

eh? having made copper etchings as a tad - (boxley) - Jan. 30, 2015, 09:14:39 AM EST

Audi used to make the A8 from aluminum - (malraux) - (8) - Jan. 30, 2015, 09:31:16 AM EST

Also, you can't apply solder or lead to Aluminum. - (Andrew Grygus) - (3) - Jan. 30, 2015, 11:27:40 AM EST

But, there is aluminum brazing. - (a6l6e6x) - (2) - Jan. 30, 2015, 08:42:29 PM EST

MIG (MGAW) welding works well on aluminum. - (hnick) - (1) - Jan. 31, 2015, 06:32:45 AM EST

I learned to do that in metalwork at school - (pwhysall) - Feb. 2, 2015, 03:05:17 AM EST

HMS Sheffield - (gcareaga) - (3) - Feb. 10, 2015, 09:35:56 AM EST

Nice theory, not true. - (pwhysall) - (2) - Feb. 10, 2015, 06:07:18 PM EST

But that is how it was reported at the time - (scoenye) - (1) - Feb. 10, 2015, 07:51:07 PM EST

And no one likes to spoil a good story. -NT - (a6l6e6x) - Feb. 11, 2015, 03:48:31 PM EST

G'day, mate, throw another Mozart on the harpsichord!
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