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Steve Hammatt
Mount Vernon WA USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Scheidt" <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
To: <nogera@worldnet.att.net>
Cc: "Shop Talk" <>
Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 8:34 PM
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Aluminum Solder
| On Jan 20, 2008 11:26 PM, Bob Nogueira <nogera@worldnet.att.net>
wrote:
| > At swap meets and trade days I have seen guys selling a aluminum
solder
| > which comes in a rod form and is applied using a regular propane
torch. I
| > bought some years ago and remember it working fairly well.
| > For my current project I need some as I don't want to heat the
aluminum up
| > any more than needed. I checked at my local old fashion, has almost
| > everything hardware store.
| > The owner says that he too has bought some from a vendor at a swap
meet
| > and after trying it attempted to find a supplier to no avail.
| > Anyone got a suggestion as to where I can find this stuff?
| > Also, isn't it strange that a product that has been around so long
still
| > doesn't have a normal retail outlet?
| >
|
| Luma-weld is the brand I'm familiar with. It's mostly zinc, I think.
| It's very low strength, very low ductility.
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