welder settings

[donor76]

Other variant.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmYXA...eature=related

[Joe from NY]

Other variant.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmYXA...eature=related

that video reminds me of the old guy at all the car shows and swap meets always welding up holes he had punched in soda cans with special rods and a propane torch.

[bobkat]

that looks way to easy, wonder if it really works?

[Rivets]

that looks way to easy, wonder if it really works?

Bobkat,

Hope you let us know if you give it a shot.
With pics.

Cheers,
rivets

[hooda]

Other variant.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmYXA...eature=related

Donor76'S suggestion of the HTS-2000 rods may be well intended, but it you were to try it, please experiment with another, non-critical piece before you go after your important piece. Someone else mentioned that it reminded him of the guy selling a similar product at swap-meets. I've bought it, and it does a great job brazing 2 pop cans together, but for everything else I tried it on, it was WORTHLESS! What I found out is that it's not a "variant", which would suggest that it's an aluminum rod, but rather a solder or brazing alloy containing a large percentage of zinc and other metals in their "secret recipe" that's SUPPOSED to stick to aluminum. My experience was "not so much". Another perspective is that, if it were all it claims to be, a major manufacturer would have picked up on it by now. Good Luck!

[bobkat]

Donor76'S suggestion of the HTS-2000 rods may be well intended, but it you were to try it, please experiment with another, non-critical piece before you go after your important piece. Someone else mentioned that it reminded him of the guy selling a similar product at swap-meets. I've bought it, and it does a great job brazing 2 pop cans together, but for everything else I tried it on, it was WORTHLESS! What I found out is that it's not a "variant", which would suggest that it's an aluminum rod, but rather a solder or brazing alloy containing a large percentage of zinc and other metals in their "secret recipe" that's SUPPOSED to stick to aluminum. My experience was "not so much". Another perspective is that, if it were all it claims to be, a major manufacturer would have picked up on it by now. Good Luck!

I am thinking the esab smoothcote rods are looking pretty good, going to see if my local has them.