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Sticking brass to mild steel anotherid 07-29-2008
Posted by anotherid on July 29, 2008, 12:42 pm
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What's the best glue for sticking brass to mild steel? Super-glue?
Araldite?

Brendan


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Posted by dave sanderson on July 29, 2008, 1:50 pm
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> What's the best glue for sticking brass to mild steel? Super-glue?
> Araldite?
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> Brendan
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Can you braze what ever it is? might be better than glue. otherwise
without knowing the
application or any more details I will hazard a guess that an expoy
will do.

Dave

Posted by jackary on July 29, 2008, 3:43 pm
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> > Araldite?
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> Can you braze what ever it is? might be better than glue. otherwise
> without knowing the
> application or any more details I will hazard a guess that an expoy
> will do.
>
> Dave

What about old fashioned soft solder?
Alan

Posted by Norman Billingham on July 29, 2008, 5:50 pm
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> What's the best glue for sticking brass to mild steel? Super-glue?
> Araldite?
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> Brendan


If it has to be glue rather than solder then use epoxy but make sure the
surfaces are completely clean and don't touch them between cleaning and
applying the adhesive. If you can heat the parts to about 100C for an hour
or so once the epoxy has initially hardened, then the joint wil be even
stronger. Adhesive jointing is even more sensitive than soldering to
surface cleanliness.

About 60% of the skin of a Boeing 747 is held together by adhesive bonding -
mostly epoxy.




Posted by Stephen Howard on July 29, 2008, 6:20 pm
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On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:42:37 -0500, anotherid

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>What's the best glue for sticking brass to mild steel? Super-glue?
>Araldite?
>
Normally I'd solder it in place ( silver solder for strength, soft for
a quick job ) - but if access is limited or the application of heat
might damage something you might try JB Weld ( a sort of tough epoxy
resin ).

I used this stuff to stick a brass tube filled with wadding onto the
cover of my Land Rover's Fairey overdrive - the vent hole would spray
out a fine mist of gear oil which eventually ended up all over the
rear of the vehicle. It stayed put for years and eventually had to be
knocked off with a hammer when the overdrive was removed.

Regards,



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