Welding alternative?

Randell Floyd · 9 Dec 2006 at 20:53

Would there be a strong substitue that can be used at home for matching the strength of welding two pieces of metal?

Saberu · 9 Dec 2006 at 20:59

Very strong superglue?

You can also get a type of paste for gluing not sure what it's called. Wouldn't be as strong as welding though obviously.

Mr Joshua · 9 Dec 2006 at 21:01

Randell Floyd said:
Would there be a strong substitue that can be used at home for matching the strength of welding two pieces of metal?

Use nuts and bolts?

What are you trying to achieve?

PardonTheWait · 9 Dec 2006 at 21:01

Quicksteel?

Randell Floyd · 9 Dec 2006 at 21:05

The other side of this bar has separated and is now becoming weak on this side too, so a weld would be ideal but I don't posses one or know anyone that does.

penski · 9 Dec 2006 at 21:08

A weld melts the two metals to form one piece...

What does the bar do? What is it attached to? Why has it broken?

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^>Cas<^ · 9 Dec 2006 at 21:09

If you lived that bit closer to sheffield, you could have borrowed one of mine

Got far too many of them hanging around.
Casmeister.

Randell Floyd · 9 Dec 2006 at 21:10

Its the handlebar on exercise bike and has become weak due to constant use from a few of us in winter to keep up training on the bike.

georges · 9 Dec 2006 at 21:29

Resin may work? depends on surface area/type etc though. Not sure if it would have the required strength either.

Would it be possible to screw them together?

edit: think quicksteel is a resin.

Randell Floyd · 9 Dec 2006 at 21:31

Might give that Quicksteel a blast, only around £5 delivered from the bay of everything.

PardonTheWait · 10 Dec 2006 at 00:29

georges said:
edit: think quicksteel is a resin.

All I really know about quicksteel is that my mate's CR250F engine casing got a hole bashed in it by a snapped chain, and quicksteel held it for at least another six months before he sold it. And that's the engine casing of a high compression fourstroke race motorbike engine, so I'm sure it will hold your exercise bike handlebars on

darreny · 10 Dec 2006 at 01:02

what about a local engineering firm or garage, would prob charge next to nothing

hyster · 10 Dec 2006 at 01:18

darreny said:
what about a local engineering firm or garage, would prob charge next to nothing

If someone walked into my garage and they had taken the time to get it clean(no paint) I wouldn't charge anything to give it a quick stitch with the Mig.

I would imagine most garages are the same.

MetalStorm · 10 Dec 2006 at 01:30

There are a lot of alternatives to welding. I would suggest some sort of bonding with epoxy resin, get one of the ones where it has 2 tubes connected by the same plunger so that you get the right amount of each for a good bond.

Also, surface preperation is key to a good bond, use some glass paper and rubbing alcohol to first roughen the surface and remove any paint or deposits then use the alcohol to wash off dust and remove grease. Optimal bond thickness is usually around 0.3mm. If you squeeze the two items together too hard you risk squeezing the resin out and end up with a weak bond. Also having a bond that is too thick also reduces bond strength.

Or you could quite easily drill through both pipes and put in a bolt.