Anyone had experience with Aluminium brazing?

[oldman]

Please update us as to how it goes. Thanx.

[Sulli]

TIG is the way to go same as mig but uses tungsten inert gas item to be welded should be clamped to avoid warping

[mike-s]

Bits didn't arrive today, no surprise there. Didn't stop me hoping though. My posties preference for not giving a crap about putting notifications in the letterbox has continued unabated. I dropped into the post office to enquire and something i had sent that arrive on the 22nd was there waiting for me. No first or second notification, nothing. Fucking love this new postie, why did the old one have to retire,

Updates coming, rest assured of that.

[Smitty]

Bits didn't arrive today, no surprise there. Didn't stop me hoping though. My posties preference for not giving a crap about putting notifications in the letterbox has continued unabated. I dropped into the post office to enquire and something i had sent that arrive on the 22nd was there waiting for me. No first or second notification, nothing. Fucking love this new postie, why did the old one have to retire,

Updates coming, rest assured of that.

forget the welding
get a job as a postie...comes with a free bike

[mike-s]

A slight snafu in the plan of doing it this weekend.
I got a notification that the postie had a "too big" item that was returned to the post office to pick up while i was at work. Two days later (yesterday) i go to pick said item up. They cannot find it . Raised a case with them about finding wtf happened, has it fallen under the seat in the van, is his dog using it as a chew toy or has it managed to make like a politicians promise and just vanished. Calling 'em as soon as they open to see if there's any news, good or bad.

Fuggin hell. I knew i should have just taken the plunge and driven to Duramana

[mike-s]

f'kn idiots. the delivery guy ticked "ordinary article" instead of "express post" on the slip he left, thereby negating my asking if an express post item was left for me (i had gotten it express posted so itwas quick and here, big fuckin help if the end delivery guy is a twat).

Here i am, ready to go, and i cannot do half of the crap i had planned this weekend .

[mike-s]

Picked up the rods this morning thanks to the fucking about with the post office (the postie marked the notification as ordinary item instead of express post, and the guys couldn't find it, add to that the sender was out of town for a week).

Got the bike stripped down to the point of removing the oil pan so i can get into it first thing tomorrow. Pictorial, etc will come shortly thereafter.

[ducati_paul]

Video it so we can see it collapse into a molten blob!

It looks easy on the video, will be good to see how it goes with an "amateur" doing it, good luck, hope it works for you

[mike-s]

Got the pan off. It was a right sonofabitch to get off as I had a lot of trouble finding one bolt in the middle of the thing as it was deeply recessed and barely noticeable by feel or by usung a torch & mirror.

I degreased and scrubbed all sorts of shit off it in preparation and am letting it dry overnight and will have a practice run on some old bits i don't need and then take a crack at repairing it shortly, hopefully tomorrow.

[mike-s]

here ya go

[MAXUMIS]

TIG is the way to go same as mig but uses tungsten inert gas item to be welded should be clamped to avoid warping

+1 tigs the best its very hard to see alloy pudling but with a lot of practice you can get it write but if its cast alloy its a lot harder again