On Wed, 2 Sep 2009 20:03:36 -0700 (PDT), Frogwatch
wrote:

aybe I can make a strut base from silicon bronze, make
a strut body from another piece bolted and brazed to base with a
cutless bearing holder brazed to that. Thoughts?

Brazing will set up dissimilar metal corrosion. You would have to weld
with a inert gas shielded arc. Might be better to glue it up from
hobby shop balsa and sent it to the foundry. Make the fillets at the
inside corners with something in a squeeze tube.

Casady