Welding question on BIY

Soundguy · Jan 14, 2012

rgs03833 said:
Thank you for clearing some stuff in my head up. So my best option would just BOLTING them

I always see people have Welding them on their Tractors, Boats, Motocycles... Maybe it's Steel Diamond Plate?

yep.. lotsa steel on tractors.. especially if you see running baords and suxh with a check or similar pattern.

IMHO.. for structural connections.. I wouldn't solder them.. but rather bolt.. etc.. ( if dissimialr metals ).. etc.

rgs03833 · Jan 14, 2012

Soundguy said:
you wouldn't believe all the naysayers.. some called me a downright liar.. some stupid. some said I faked the pis.

so I took like 20 pics showing the steps, using the propane torch, clenaing.. soldering step 1,, soldering step 2, and then joining all the dissimilar metals to that one aluminum bar, then inverting it and what not to show it was not a trick of angle or some thing.

mind you this is a slder connection and as such is only as strong as the filelr metal..e tc.

Lots of oil pickup tubes in old tractors hav ethe tube silver soldered into the pump.. so hard solder on steel, I alrady have done / had good practice with. and those allow solder rods that are good for aluminum and zinc alloys.. well.. once you read the rod contents you know what you can do.. ones I have now ar emostly zinc, with some aluminum..e tc.. couple other metals inthere too.

knowing what all zinc will stick to lets you in on what you can and can't join.

havn't had much luck with chrome yet

LOL, if they can't see the Joint, they need their Eyes checked, LOL

Yah, some of the Metals can't be as strong but YES it can be done.

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Chrome i think there has to be a way to Fused them, but just a guess.. Anything is possible...

Soundguy · Jan 14, 2012

yep.. anything is possible.. and just because I don't know whow.. don't mean nuttin'

hek.. look at silicon bronze process..

IslandTractor · Jan 14, 2012

rgs03833 said:
Thank you Soundguy :thumbsup: Picture is PERFECT!

I guess I'm gonna have to try it

Soundguy and I agree that aluminum can be brazed to steel but I would think twice before committing to brazing a piece of aluminum diamond plate to a steel tractor. It would be far simpler to get some steel diamond plate and just weld it. You need to have a really good reason to 1) add aluminum to a tractor and 2) engineer and execute a brazed joint between aluminum and steel.

There are some excellent articles on modern brazing methods on the web. NASA uses it, lots of electronic devices use it and it is far far more than just using bronze rod and a flame to join steel. Induction brazing, vacuum brazing, brazing in manufacturing where specially molded and formulated brazing material is added to parts during assembly and then the whole part (in batches) is put in an oven to reach brazing temperature. Big structural things need to be welded but smaller stuff is very commonly brazed during manufacture. With appropriate joint design it can be just as strong as a weld and doesn't require as much heat so doesn't risk distortion and other problems. Brazing is much more important and common these days than most people appreciate.