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Roger B:
A few years ago I bought some aluminium solder from the DIY supermarket as a 'come in handy'. I hadn't really found a use for it up to now. The radiator support for my two cylinder engine seemed to be a good place to try it. I needed to join a 25mm square 10mm thick piece to the end of some 30x2mm angle. A couple of M3 screws would have sufficed.
I set the pieces up on my fire bricks and attacked with my camping gaz blowlamp. Not a lot happened for a while but I kept cautiously poking with the solder stick. Quite suddenly it melted and flowed.
The results look good, I overheated it a little and did not get full penetration but it didn't break when I drilled a 5.5mm hole in the end.
Maybe beginers luck but I am impressed so far  :)

Admiral_dk:
Thanks for showing Roger  :ThumbsUp:

I have seen a few demonstrations on shows over the years, of similar products - but I have no info from any off those - so just seeing the picture, helped me getting a name = Rolot 604.

Per

Jo:
I have some of this stuff. My Supplier tells me that while it starts out the right colour after a year or so it gets darker  :facepalm2: No problem if you are painting it  ;)

Jo

Admiral_dk:
Nice to know too Jo  :ThumbsUp:

I must admit that I always thought of it as a repair tool.

crueby:
Did you need to use a flux with it, like with silver solder?

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