[DeTomaso] Soldering/brazing aluminum

[Thomas Törnblom]

No, it was brazed with a zinc wire using a propane torch. No flux needed. 

I do have an AC/DC TIG welder, this was just an experiment.

/Thomas

> 30 okt. 2019 kl. 23:46 skrev B. SEIB <oldwheel at shaw.ca>:
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> Was this TIG welded Thomas?
> 
> Barry
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> [DeTomaso] Soldering/brazing aluminum
> Thomas Törnblom thomas at hax.se
> Wed Oct 30 15:48:20 EDT 2019
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> A few weeks ago I learned that you can solder/braze aluminum and pot metal
> using zinc solder. I assume you would be able to solder/braze magnesium
> alloys too, which would be interesting as I recently bought a used camera
> that turned out to have a cracked front cover and it is made of a magnesium
> alloy.
> 
> I ordered some pure zinc wire from Amazon, which arrived yesterday.
> 
> I had already gotten a used, non cracked,  front cover and fixed the camera,
> so I could play with the cracked piece without any risk.
> 
> Tonight I played with it and started by brazing together two pieces of
> aluminum, which turned out good. I then tried the front cover, but that is
> very thin and it melted through before I could get the zinc to flow
> properly.
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> Here is a picture of the brazed two aluminum pieces:
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> So this seems like a simple method to fix non critical pieces like pot
> metal.
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> I?ve seen people play with this and the joint appears stronger than the
> aluminum. 
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> /Thomas
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