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03-31-2008, 12:15 AM
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| Active Member  Join Date: Feb 2007 | Attaching Aluminum to Brass With the price of Brass through the roof in most cases, is there any good methods to attach aluminum to brass? Will soldering work, or is it to much of a risk due to aluminums melting point? Any ideas? Cheers' O'Lane
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03-31-2008, 12:23 AM
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| Post Whore  Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Arkansas | Duct tape or JB weld.  You shouldn't have a problem with it melting, solder melts at less than 400º Fahrenheit.. Aluminum melts at 1200º Faranheit.
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03-31-2008, 12:29 AM
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| MCB Member  Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Los Angeles | Soldering aluminum can be difficult, you really gotta scrub off the aluminum oxide, which forms somewhat quickly Use flux, and try to avoid 5 and 6 series aluminums
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03-31-2008, 02:53 AM
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| MCB Member  Join Date: Oct 2006 | There are some aluminium "brazing" or "soldering" materials and some of them may even be compatible with brass. Otherwise it won't work. Traditional solders used for copper based alloys such as brass and for steel don't stick to aluminium at all. But some of the more exotic soldering metal mixtures may just be compatible for both metals. I'd check with some of the welding supply outlets in your area and ask them. I've not seen any references to such a material.
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03-31-2008, 04:17 AM
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| MCB Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Los Angeles | Quote:
Scrub hard, scrub quick, paste some flux on to keep the oxygen out and Al fresh, and solder away
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04-01-2008, 11:59 PM
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| Kawaiii~~ SUGOI DESU NE?!  Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Staten Island/Stony Brook New York  | Can you actually JB weld a PGP together? Just a weird thought.
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04-02-2008, 12:09 AM
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| Post Whore Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Arkansas | Yeah, I don't see why you couldn't.
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04-03-2008, 01:25 AM
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| MCB Member  Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: So Cal | This stuff might be easier. The videos are pretty impressive. Aluminum welding - Aluminum Repair - Aluminum Brazing - AluminumRepair.com |
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04-03-2008, 01:57 AM
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| MCB Member  Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: America | Here you go, they even provide video. aluminum welding, pot metal repair, cast iron, silver solder Later, Blackrain 
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