05-14-2006, 11:56 PM
what I am asuming you have are pencil lead thinck peices of aluminum rod to be braised on with a hand heald propain torch.
I think you may be right on both accounts.
using a stainless steel wire brush to clean the area will improve you cleaning methods. regular steel or copper leaves residue.
stainless steel brushes can be picked up at the place where you picked up the rod. (about twice the size of a tooth brush)
the second is the heat tempriture, you need to heat both sides of what you are attempting to bond to the same tempreture.
if the peices are of different thicknes you will need to preheat the thicker peice untill the aluminum rod melts then heat the thinner material untill the rod dose the same on that side while at the same time keeping the thicker side heated. This is done by drifting your flame back and forth across both peices.
If you can supply a picture of what you are attempting to fix we could give you better instructions.
if what you are attempting to fix is the loop on the front of the triangle portion of the boat you can pick up those parts along with ore locks and the rear handles which are cast aluminum from a marena
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I think you may be right on both accounts.
using a stainless steel wire brush to clean the area will improve you cleaning methods. regular steel or copper leaves residue.
stainless steel brushes can be picked up at the place where you picked up the rod. (about twice the size of a tooth brush)
the second is the heat tempriture, you need to heat both sides of what you are attempting to bond to the same tempreture.
if the peices are of different thicknes you will need to preheat the thicker peice untill the aluminum rod melts then heat the thinner material untill the rod dose the same on that side while at the same time keeping the thicker side heated. This is done by drifting your flame back and forth across both peices.
If you can supply a picture of what you are attempting to fix we could give you better instructions.
if what you are attempting to fix is the loop on the front of the triangle portion of the boat you can pick up those parts along with ore locks and the rear handles which are cast aluminum from a marena
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