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Posted by dave sanderson on July 31, 2008, 8:45 am
Please log in for more thread options > Thanks for all the info, chaps. I went with Araldite, when it's set I'll
> give it a whirl and see how things hold up. I'll look into the solder
> stuff and maybe have a practise on some scrap.
>
> The "thing" was just a clamping plate, steel to steel and I wanted a
> bit of brass inbetween to avoid too much marking of surfaces. Will there
> be more friction between brass and steel than there would be between
> steel and steel? Unlike surface materials do something friction-wise,
> but I can't remember what!
>
> Brendan
Unalike materials are generally used in sliding things to ensure that
the
easier one to replace wears faster than the harder one to replace
(assuming the designer was awake at the time of design)
Dave
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>be more friction between brass and steel than there would be between
>steel and steel? Unlike surface materials do something friction-wise,
>but I can't remember what!