I need to reattach the boss for my kickstand to the frame of my bike after a small incident this morning. Frame is 6061 aluminum. I can sweat a pipe, I've used an Oxy-Acetylene torch in 8th grade shop ...

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. Brazed joints ...