Sticking/glueing aluminuim

[Demonic69]

I need to stick 2 bits of aluminium together, what's best/strongest?

Cheers

 

[mikey601]

that would cost you too much... welding gotta be your best bet

 

[khanzo]

you cannot easily weld aluminium, its a real bugger to do, normally the easiest and quickest way is to screw/bolt them together

might i ask what it is that your attaching?

-Mat

 

[Mario]

the aluminium would need to be at least a 1/4" thick and you'd need a mig welder which not many people have.

JB Weld would work pretty well. Failing that Araldite (i know its for two different materials) might be ok. Let me know what your using it for, gives me a better idea...

edit: beaten to it.

 

[Demonic69]

Need to fit a small bracket into a grip frame.
Screwing it in is not ideal really. Will just need to stand up to some poking

Cheers

 

[khanzo]

Well welding wouldn’t be ideal either since more than likely you would melt the bracket since I doubt it will be thick material, so if screwing is out of the window, looks like the best bet is going to be go to B&Q near stairfoot and see what they have in, and if your feeling girly, ask an assistant for help lol

-Mat

 

[Demonic69]

Eeeee, well go to't foot of our stairs...
Shal try that I think. Failing that I'll just jam some more metal in there

Cheers

 

[khanzo]

lol hammer and a mallet, just whack it that hard it wedges together… forever



















It soon becomes apparent why I have a broken gun

-Mat

 

[Mario]

Need to fit a small bracket into a grip frame.
Screwing it in is not ideal really. Will just need to stand up to some poking

Cheers

Araldite should be ok then. If its unlikely to have a large load on it it should be fine. Make sure you rough the surfaces up first.

If B&Q do it - get JB Weld thats ideal stuff for what you want to do.

 

[Raffles]

Drill and rivet it!