Update: I had a try at silver soldering a small test piece of the 0.5mm steel. On the up side, it produced a nice strong joint without distortion (though admittedly a larger piece would be more likely to distort). Easiflo solder and flux lived up to their name and flowed easily along the whole joint once the metal was up to temperature. On the down side, the fire bricks I use for my makeshift hearth are far from ideal (they soak up heat instead of reflecting it back like the stuff they make proper hearths from), and I don't have a sulphuric acid pickling bath, so removing all the tough flux scale from the finished piece is next to impossible. I'm not sure what the effect would be if I didn't remove all the flux, but I suspect it might rot the metal. Nevertheless, I think silver soldering is a better bet for this job than trying to weld it with my dad's MIG welder, and it produces a nicer looking joint than rivets.
Minor update
Update: I had a try at silver soldering a small test piece of the 0.5mm steel. On the up side, it produced a nice strong joint without distortion (though admittedly a larger piece would be more likely to distort). Easiflo solder and flux lived up to their name and flowed easily along the whole joint once the metal was up to temperature. On the down side, the fire bricks I use for my makeshift hearth are far from ideal (they soak up heat instead of reflecting it back like the stuff they make proper hearths from), and I don't have a sulphuric acid pickling bath, so removing all the tough flux scale from the finished piece is next to impossible. I'm not sure what the effect would be if I didn't remove all the flux, but I suspect it might rot the metal. Nevertheless, I think silver soldering is a better bet for this job than trying to weld it with my dad's MIG welder, and it produces a nicer looking joint than rivets.
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