What metal is this?
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What metal is this?
Hi All
Just hoping someone will know for certain what metal this part is made off.
I am hoping to fit an LCD mirror,(at some point) so it may help to know what I am fixing too if I need to modify it
Thanks for looking
Regards Gary
Just hoping someone will know for certain what metal this part is made off.
I am hoping to fit an LCD mirror,(at some point) so it may help to know what I am fixing too if I need to modify it
Thanks for looking
Regards Gary
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Re: What metal is this?
Super cheap aluminium mix , pot alloy
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Thanks
I wonder if I can weld to that?
Regards Gary
I wonder if I can weld to that?
Regards Gary
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Re: What metal is this?
As above. Pot metal. Some kind of aluminium-zinc alloy. Kinda like Matchbox toys are made from.
Not weldable and almost impossible to solder.
Not weldable and almost impossible to solder.
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Re: What metal is this?
Thanks both, not what I was hoping to hear, but to be honest kind of what I expected.
The one in the photo was got to experiment with, so when I get around to fixing the new mirror I will see what I can do with it (not expecting much).
I have some stuff called techno-weld, which is supposed to join aluminium with just a blowlamp, somewhere between soldering and welding, part heat part chemical reaction (haven’t used it yet, may work, but probable not).
If I do find an effective means of fixing to it, I will and post up my efforts.
Regards Gary
The one in the photo was got to experiment with, so when I get around to fixing the new mirror I will see what I can do with it (not expecting much).
I have some stuff called techno-weld, which is supposed to join aluminium with just a blowlamp, somewhere between soldering and welding, part heat part chemical reaction (haven’t used it yet, may work, but probable not).
If I do find an effective means of fixing to it, I will and post up my efforts.
Regards Gary
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Re: What metal is this?
It will just melt with a blowlamp - been there and done that with that excuse for metal. I have tried it with pencil gas torches. It is akin to butter!
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Not looking good
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Re: What metal is this?
Mazak, now known as Zamak apparently.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zamak
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zamak
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Re: What metal is this?
silverbullet wrote: ↑09 Jan 2022, 18:28 Mazak, now known as Zamak apparently.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zamak
According to the info Zamak came first in the US, the licensed version was called Mazak and was uk manufactured, I expect uk folks call it mazak and us zamak, like alooominum and aluminium
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Re: What metal is this?
silverbullet wrote: ↑09 Jan 2022, 18:28 Mazak, now known as Zamak apparently.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zamak
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