"James Lerch" wrote in message
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| On Sat, 01 Jan 2005 03:39:09 GMT, Gunner
| wrote:
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| Did you try to anneal it first?
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| Rub a bar of soap on the bend line, hit it with a A/O torch until the
| soap burns away, let it cool then try.
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| I didn't use the bar of soap trick, but it was so hot that it didn't
| "Ring" anymore (which as another aside, ever notice that recently
| welded, but still hot aluminum bits wont got "Ting" (ring) when
| struck, they just go 'thunk'? I've always thought that was odd, but I
| deviate from the problem at hand..
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| Ive never done this...but its supposed to work.
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| Sure its not titanium?
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| Not certain, but I've welded two pieces together with 4043 filler rod,
| so I figure it was aluminum. Can Titanium be welded (maybe brazed)
| with 4043 filler wire?

A piece of aluminum that was softer (2024, 6061T3 or the like) will have
less of a ring than what you have, which will be a nice note. If it's 7075
you aren't going to be able to do anything with it. Don't think it would be
weldable, though, so you might have something else along that line, though.
Don't know what aluminum is both hard and weldable, though.