For hardcore sctratchbuilders

[straightliner1]

Recently, on an email group I belong to, someone asked about soldering aluminum sheet. They mentioned a product called HTS 2000. They described that they'd seen it demo'd at a car show. Apparently the guy demoing it patched a hole in a pop can. A friend of mine sent me a few sticks of a similar product that someone had dropped off at his shop. I thought I'd give it a try on some .010" aluminum sheet. I used a Bernz-O-Matic butane torch for my experiment. I have never attempted to weld or braze any kind of sheet metal before. I have to say that, for a first attempt, I was very happy with the results. I overheated the sheet in one spot, but, the brazing product worked magnificently! I am currently working on a project in which this material will figure prominently. Will post photos, once it's done. HTS 2000's website is here:

http://www.aluminumrepair.com/

But, if you enter that name in the search on Ebay, you'll find someone selling it in "modeler reasonable" quantities. This stuff could change the face of scratchbuilding with aluminum!

[TedsModeling]

I'm looking for a way to solder aluminum tubing and checked out the link you provided. It looks like it would work, but they want $65 for the 'starter' kit. It seems like a lot of money to join some tubing togehter. Have you used this very much and do you still like it?

[TedsModeling]

I found 10 sticks of HTS-2000 on eBay for about $14 including shipping. This makes it more feasible to try. I'll let you know how this works for our type of application.