Posted by WD on February 23, 2000 at 03:38:52:
In Reply to: Re: I seem to remember .... posted by hogryder on February 23, 2000 at 01:05:06:
How about silicon bronze rod? 190,00 psi break strength. I know we used to use alot of it at the shop. Worked great for sticking stainless steel to normal sheet metal. Don't know how it would do here, and since I don't have a TIG set-up, I won't find out by experience any time soon. The suggestion on silver solder was more to isolate the dissimilar metals, not for actual strength and so forth. Used it to "tin" a boat prop (aluminum on brass) where the drive shank goes through. No corrosion whatsoever on the Al, just normal verdigris on the brass. Was just a suggestion. At least I didn't tell Dave to cold zinc plate it. :-) Talk about instant oxidation, steel, zinc and aluminum. Phew, now that would have been ugly.
-WD
PS: I wondered if anyone would catch the metals in question and remember about the galvanic corrosion problem. There may be hope for all of us yet. ;-)