Bonding / welding / plating stainless steel with titanium or similar

[ElementalBreakdown]

Does anyone have experience with this? I would like to bond metals able to be anodized to mosaic damascus.

Ideally, almost be able to "paint" a layer of anodizable material into a damascus pattern.

Is there a name for this process besides welding or plating? Can it be done in with equipment that doesn't require inert or pressurized specialty factory level tools?

 

[FortyTwoBlades]

From what I understand there aren't any "DIY" methods out there for what you're describing.

 

[ElementalBreakdown]

From my limited knowledge of physics and chemistry, it would require more than just stick welding then, right? As in, you would have to have a significant amount of titanium or niobium welded to the stainless in an inert gas environment and then grind away the Ti/Nb to reveal the damascus pattern underneath - assuming the welding didn't completely change it - before you could anodize the transition metal beneath that you wanted to anodize.

Basically, transition metals won't bond with stainless in the traditional sense that we think of when we refer to welding. Does that pretty much sum it up?

I guess it would be easier and better just to use gold inlays to accent damascus patterns

 

[dwaynejk]

Welding is the only proper way to go. This online article gives some key tips about bonding stainless steel.

 

[badmatt]

Laser cladding or HVOF is the only way I know that it can be reliably done.