Where do you stand on one of the eternal questions of metalwork: brazing, or welding? As your Hackaday writer, and the daughter of a blacksmith, it’s very much on the welding side here. Braze… ...

Aluminum brazing rod is inexpensive, so aluminum parts can be joined for well under $100 with this technique, versus $500 to $600 for an aluminum-capable MIG welder or $1,500 for a basic TIG machine.

Soldering, brazing, and welding are all methods of joining two or more pieces of metal and selected other materials. They are also methods used to fill gaps in metal parts.