After a recent accident at my regular place of work I lost the top part of my middle finger. After recovering I was back into a half finished project, I then realised the playing guitar was not the only thing I was going to find difficult. I'm having problems feeding rod into welds and am looking fo...

I assume stainless will work better than mild?
Is there a risk of contaminating the welds? The piece is being used in a marine situation

Can Mild steel or Stainless be used as a backing when building up Aluminium edges?
I have no copper to use and the thought of buying a large piece just for a quick project doesn't really interest me.

Hi all, Just joined the forum but I've been looking at this site for a while now. I went out fishing the other day and discovered a leak!! Not very good!! Lucky I've got a decent bilge pump!! It's a crack along the seam between the keel (6mm allum.) and the hull (2mm allum.) about 100mm long. I have...