A fiend of the family welded a broken motorcycle engine cover. It was
missing about a 4 inch square piece of AL from a crash. He welded in a
new piece. The weld looked great and held at least until I gave the
bike away...
On Sun, 18 Jun 2000 21:27:11 -0300, MalcolmJeffcock wrote:
>Listers:
> I stopped in at a small car show yesterday and there was a booth set up
>with a guy demonstrating "welding" aluminum with a propane torch and rods that
>were like brazing rods but white. The method was developed by yet another "US
>Army Engineer" but to be honest while I approached thinking it was a scam I
>was
>impressed. Demonstration "welded holes in an aluminum pipe, had samples with
>an
>oil cooler as well as what looked like some small engine sump. I inspected
>them
>and they looked good and the strength of the weld was demontrated by him
>hitting it a number of times with the material in the pipe eventually snapping
>out of the pipe rather than the weld braking.
>
> Any one else seen this demo? Is it a scam...ie the best type the type
>that fools you or is it a worthwhile addition to the garage?
>
> Malcolm in Nova Scotia
>
Andrew Lundgren
Lundgren@iname.com
http://www.itwest.net/~lundgren
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