OMO - welding thin metal - advice please

[Tomor]

Rivet

[dirtydog]

Blu-tac?

[Bibio]

i visioned some fancy pantz thing not a simple rose ring.

as tomor said drill and rivet the sucker.

GWS Nobby.

[yorkie_chris]

Or spot weld

[Nobbylad]

Originally Posted by Bibio

i visioned some fancy pantz thing not a simple rose ring.

as tomor said drill and rivet the sucker.

GWS Nobby.

Cheers Bibs

Would the brazing rod work better than solder?

[yorkie_chris]

Braze is stronger but it depends on the base material and getting the right flux for any process like that.

[Nobbylad]

I'll give soldering a bash (nowt else to do) and if it's carp, I'll get a fine flame nozzle for my blowtorch and get me some rods

[Bibio]

first off get yourself a rod of high purity silver solder and flux to suit.

file/sand the finish off from the surfaces to be joined remembering the edges. dip the parts to be done in proper flux.

use blobs of blu-tak on a surface to hold parts (not at the part you want to solder) then heat the area to be soldered then flow the solder onto the join. if you leave a small (paper thin) gap at the surfaces to be done the solder will flow into the gap and create a stronger bond. the area should be hot enough so as when you take the heat away the solder should flow without the flame being there.

you could use rosin cored silver solder which is easier to work with as you dont need flux.

if all else fails then wrap and twist the parts together using copper wire then solder all round.

tek screw it or self tap it..

sod the welding..

as my dad would say, superglue it.... *sigh*