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by HungryGuy on June 21st, 2006

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How do you weld steel and aluminum together?

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  • by Enderbys on June 7th, 2007

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    There is a website that claims you can weld aluminum to steel using thier product. Since the temperature is so low (350 deg) I would consider it more of a soldering process. Depending on your application that might be just fine. I don't know what kind of stregnth it has though. The site is www.muggyweld.com.

    Good luck with your search.

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  • by scubabob on July 31st, 2006

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    It actually is possible to do using a transition piece. There's a few articles about it here
    http://www.springerlink.com/ look under Combustion, Explosion, and Shock Waves Explosion Welding of Steel with Aluminum and here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welding
    and here http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=148077&page=1
    So I guess it CAN be done.

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  • by mrs.ANONYMOUS on June 21st, 2006

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    My husbands a welder and he says it's impossible. The high heat will just cause the aluminum to melt. Sorry! He says to drill it and bolt it. Good Luck!

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  • by plethra on November 9th, 2007

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    BRAZING YOU NINNIES!!!!

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  • by Meow Meow 1BadMutha TBMF on September 5th, 2007

    Meow Meow 1BadMutha TBMF

    Use J-B Weld.

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  • by Tussen on September 5th, 2007

    Tussen

    There are some very limited methods for actually welding ferrous to non-ferrous alloys. Unfortunately though, these processes do not lend themselves to the hobbyist or even most welding professionals as they typically require very specialized tooling and equipment. The most effective method that I have used involves a GMAW type process with AL wire and a dabber type wire feeder cycling at about 40 cycles per second with the welding current and voltage tuned to compliment the dabber cycle. Heat shunting is very important to limit the size of the heat affected zone and control cooling contraction in the dissimilar metals. I use water cooled copper bars on both sides of the work-pieces and joint.
    Fronius, a welding equipment supplier, has at least one dabber style GMAW gun on the market, so perhaps in the future these technologies will be more readily available.

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  • by salalmt on October 11th, 2009

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    HOW CAN I WELD STEEL AND ALUMINUME TOGETHER BY MIG WELDING ?WHAT TYPE OF WIRE I USE?

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  • by ritu29 on August 22nd, 2011

    ritu29

    Friction stir welding ..the best choice :-)

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