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Chat & Social => The Bar - General Chat => Topic started by: Bob696 on July 12, 2006, 18:26:32

Title: Easyweld?
Post by: Bob696 on July 12, 2006, 18:26:32

Anybody used this stuff?
http://www.easyweld.co.uk/

Title: Easyweld?
Post by: driftwood on July 12, 2006, 18:48:11

quote:-

You thought aluminium welding was difficult and expensive?
                             Not with Easyweld.


bet mine will still end up looking like bird poo!

Title: Easyweld?
Post by: Sider on July 12, 2006, 20:58:06

Quote from: "driftwood"

bet mine will still end up looking like bird poo!

What? You mean a good weld is not supposed to look like pigeon's droppings??? :D:D:D:D

Title: Easyweld?
Post by: Range Rover Blues on July 12, 2006, 22:04:07

I think my mate's selling similar stuff, it's more like Ali brazing than welding as you don't melt the parent metal, a definite plus point.

Title: Easyweld?
Post by: jjsaul on July 13, 2006, 00:50:20

ah i need some of that for my pickup project :)

Title: Easyweld?
Post by: rollazuki on July 13, 2006, 10:25:00

Same stuff as 'lumiweld'.
Surprisingly easy to do, but if its a big bit of ally you need to get a lot of heat into it, My blowlamp could only cope on smaller pieces, a propane torch or oxy torch would be needed on medium to large jobs.
Its simple to do, really clean the area with the stainless brush provided, heat each part and 'tin' each bit with the filler rod as you would do with solder.
Join the bits together and heat, when the filler melts, add a little more along the joint, and a really smooth joint results. Its hard to get it wrong, as long as you can get enough heat into the metal.

The joint is bloody strong as well, stands up well to structural use.