I was going to say something like "sculptural mesh is the best thing EVER and I want to have its amazing two-way expandable babies." But instead I will shake my fist at natural heatsinks that come with their own instantly forming oxide layers
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-B.
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There are a couple companies that offer brazing rod for aluminum, and some of them claim you don'd need flux. Check out Durafix.com, aluminumrepair.com, muggyweld.com (super alloy 1)and weldguru.com for ideas.
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I don't actually have welding gases on hand right now (nor, uh, workspace that's not my 1960s apartment building. just sayin'.) I was just being dumb with soft solder.
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Given a choice between welding and brazing aluminum, I'd weld it, but brazing is sometimes easier and more than adequate for a lot of jobs. Of course, fabricating it in the shape you want beats them both, but that's a luxury.
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