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Post by adrian on Jul 15, 2020 18:35:30 GMT
Can anyone recommend some aluminium brazing rods ? Have a small repair on a headset, have looked on Ebay, but there are so many to choose from, so recommendations please
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Post by kru251 on Aug 13, 2020 17:51:37 GMT
I can't recommend any as never found the 'right' ones that work as they seem to show on YT videos.
I can never get the parent material hot enough for the aluminium rods to flow like solder as they seem to in the vids. The ali wicks away the heat!!!!
Turbo torch etc etc. No luck.
Soooooo, if you find something then great. Let me/us know please.
I ended up repairing my item on a hovercraft with the black Milliput two piece epoxy. Hard as nails. Gap fills and can be sanded and painted. Even drill and used a 6mm tap through it. Still doing a good job.
I have no association with Milliput. Just a happy customer!
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Post by adrian on Aug 13, 2020 19:07:18 GMT
I found some through an add on Instagram, and they work just like the add,does take a while to get the work piece up to temperature, and it cools very fast
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Post by kru251 on Aug 13, 2020 22:09:23 GMT
My parent metal was almost crystallising.
I will leave this one to the experts......
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Post by adrian on Aug 14, 2020 5:46:52 GMT
I asked an old panel beater for advice and was told to rub soap on it and when it starts to change the piece is hot enough for brazing, and all worked well 🙂 used mapp gas and a plumbers blow torch to get heat ,
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