# Soldering/ Tiny Welding Question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soldering-tiny-welding-question/278508>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 7, 2004, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soldering-tiny-welding-question/278508 "2004-12-07T06:18:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 2

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soldering-tiny-welding-question/278508/21 "2004-12-07T20:55:07Z")

</div>

Yeah, it looks like welding will be too robust. And soldering is just too weak. I’m going to go with the “grind down the Tiniest Screw Ever” method.

So, **Padeye** , and guesses as to what I might be making/fixing/working on? I’d think you’d be one of the few Dopers that might catch on.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soldering-tiny-welding-question/278508/22 "2004-12-07T22:14:56Z")

</div>

> [@Bear\_Nenno](#):
>
> So, **Padeye** , and guesses as to what I might be making/fixing/working on? I’d think you’d be one of the few Dopers that might catch on.

I have an idea. What caliber is it, anyway? 😉

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soldering-tiny-welding-question/278508/23 "2004-12-07T22:23:33Z")

</div>

Sorry \*_Bear\_Nenno_, I’m drawing a blank. I’ve either mentally constructed the desciption incorrectly or need more information. Beyond guessing that it has to do with firearms because you think I might have a good guess I got nothin’

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soldering-tiny-welding-question/278508/24 "2004-12-08T01:06:50Z")

</div>

[weld engineer hat on]  
Yes, you can solder steel. You can solder _anything_ that doesn’t melt, and that the solder will stick to.  
[weld engineer hat off]

You have a good candidate for friction stir welding. Probably not something you can do in your garage. Drawn arc stud welding is _perfect_ for your application, and there may be a weld shop that can do this for you for a couple of bucks. I don’t recommend any type of wire weld for this, although yeah, it can be done. If you can get a nut-type of material through your “base” from the bottom, then a resistance projection weld is a good candidate. Again, this is something you’re going to want to go a weld shop for, and then, not just any weld shop.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soldering-tiny-welding-question/278508/25 "2004-12-08T03:38:00Z")

</div>

> [@Berkut](#):
>
> I have an idea. What caliber is it, anyway? 😉

😉🆒

[Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soldering-tiny-welding-question/278508.md?page=1)