From: "William Thornley" 
To: orion105{at}gmx.co.uk, atm{at}shore.net
Reply-To: "William Thornley" 


Hi,

There is also Aluminium Solder available now, that may suit your needs.
I've used it with great success. You can use an electric soldering iron
(needs to be high wattage).

Here's a product description:

http://www.dse.com.au/cgi-bin/dse.storefront/3e767dcf01dbb7b4273fc0a87f9c077b/P
roduct/View/N1625

You shouldn't have trouble getting it in the UK!

Regards,

Bill Thornley
Sydney, Aus.






>From: "Orion105" 
>Reply-To: "Orion105" 
>To: 
>Subject: ATM Braze or Epoxy to Aluminum?
>Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 16:00:03 -0000
>
>
>Hi
>
>I need to fix a nut to some thin Al plate so that I can thread on a
>bolt.  The plate is too thin to take a good thread.  How should I do
>this?  I have a basic brazing torch, and can get Al braze rod and flux.
>
>
>Or is it just as secure to epoxy the nut on.
>
>If the recommendation is to braze, having heated Al before, I have
>noticed that it gets quite soft when cool.  How do you maintain the
>slight "spingyness" of the original material?
>
>Thanks in advance..
>
>Ado


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