[TheForge] Forging blackberries?

[RIES NIEMI]

on 7/6/03 8:37 PM, Shannell Sugrue at sjs@ihug.com.au wrote:

> Yeah sorry they are blackberries, casting sounds better the more I think of
> it, Id probably cast them in Al but then have to think of a trick to attach
> them, mabey drill a hole and srew them onto the stems or similar(mabey
> epoxy) , there are no solders that can stick Al to steel are there??
> 

the big foundries that make aluminum ornamental panels for fences and
railings cast a steel weld tab right into the aluminum part. I am not sure
how they do it, but I know that they do.  A little piece of 1/4" x 1" flat
bar, that sticks right out of the aluminum casting, and you just weld it
right on your rinky dink square tubing framework, with your spattery buzz
box that you dont know how to use.
If they can do it, then you probably could too. Or just get them to do it-
Lawler foundry in Alabama is the biggest one, and I know they do custom work
in both iron and aluminum.
www.lawlerfoundry.com/