[TheForge] joining al and steel

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

I think so Edge, but not directly. There is an AC (?) aluminum-bronze 
rod that will run on either  Al or copper alloys ( used a sample years 
ago) and then you'd braze the bronze to the steel.
You could probably do something similar with TIG.
Prior to the Al-Bronze rod there was  some 7 or 16 step method  I don't 
remember the specifics of
This is not something to be left out in the weather...on the other hand 
, perhaps you could run a clock or something off the  mixed metal 
junction. That little mixed metal generator sure would eat the Al side 
up pretty quickly outdoors. The stuff dissolves fast enough already here 
on the coast.
....Pete

edge@edginton.net wrote:

>Can aluminum and mild steel be fusion welded using a mig or oxy/act?
>Can they be welded using any process other than friction welding or
>explosive bonding?
>If so, how?
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>TIA,
> edge
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