LOL! Nope, one's enough. Takes a bit to get hot enough. Didn't get it at 1st but know I see the connector better on the 2nd one. Quite a professional job bud. Knowing your welding skills, I wasn't surprised at the soldering. No wonder you're so good after working on all those government jobs. How many dipsticks can you fit in a 55 gallon drum? Sounds like me & cutting chicken wings. LOL! Lights out - ice cream! Nice of him to give ya a break. Working for yourself is the best for sure. My Dad & brother worked at Tap & Die in Lyndonville. 3 quarter inch rod? Holy crap! Been hit by the metal back years ago. I might burn if the price was right. All 6 in under 8 minutes. txkviking!
Great video Terry working and telling stories is something I have always enjoyed. When I was starting out I would always hang around with the older guys listen to there stories and pick bits and pieces up over the years. They were always enjoyable to be around and never not willing to teach if you wanted to be taught. I am like you welding,fabrication and machining has always come naturally to me I was born to build and fix so thats what I do and enjoy it as much today as when i first started back in the 80's. Thanks for the memories Terry.
Love the "there I was" stories, keep 'em coming. My welding teaching brought in some silver solder one day to let us try it. He was always bringing in things that were welding related but not on our very short program.
Terry enjoying hearing your work history...back in 1975 I work for a family own machine shop..we did a lot of work for the steel mills---it was in Gary, Indiana..I was sent to welding school and did both machining and all the welding..mainly stick a lot of 7018 rod and nickle rod for cast iron. Then we got a job building a distribution system for a steel mill blast furnace. I spent that summer silver soldering pipes valves and it all had to be pressure tested..that how things went in our shop...spent one summer welling cast iron--broken bell housings and feet on large electric motors again from the steel mill--a lot of nickle rod pre-heating stress relieving etc..but I was in my twenties then and thought it was all fun. 100 plus degree heat.. so thankfull I have that oppertunity to learn that skill..
I love using silver solder. I mean just the way it flows and all. This is a perfect example. Glob that flux on and let it do its job lol. I don't know for whatever reason it's so satisfying to me haha. awesome video!
I used a somewhat similar silver soldering method except with cadmium free *(ESAB) 155 fc Trucote silver brazing rods. Been quite a few years, but it was impressive how tough the brazed joints were even when joining very dissimilar metals.
Thanks for the really great video. I do some silver soldering on stainless for the machine shop I work in. It took me a little time to get the hang of it. I wish I would do it more often to stay in the loop of it. I usually use the little Mecco Midget torch to do those small parts. I appreciate you showing us how to do this. Dan.
Yes sir, I love hearing the history of the men who built this country. I'm a certified welder in the carpenters union and just started dabbling with Tig welding. I also love the videos on exotic metals just because I never see them where I am. Thanks again.
I enjoyed this one a lot, I like hearing stories like that, and enjoyed watching you work as usual. Got a kick out of the refreshment break too, being your own boss is awesome! 😎👍🏻
Good chat, now get back to work! lol. I have never done silver solder. Good point you made regarding getting good at something when you do it repetitively daily
Question, I'm trying to silver solder some 1/4 SS tubing to a 1-5/8 tube, both are 304 SS. I'm using white flux and stay brite 15, I just went back and tried it like you were doing and worked like a champ. I was using to much heat and a strong flame. Just watching you was enough to get me back in the grove. Thanks so much
Great work as usual, with a beer even better! Enjoyed the chat, was very well done. Did a ring a year or so ago for my daughter out of .999 silver I cut from an ounce bar, and silver soldered a gold flake to it, replacing one she has worn out after 22 or 23 years of constant wear. I got the first one for her on my first trip to Alaska years ago, the flake of gold worn away years before the ring failed. We'll see how long this one lasts! LOL q:o)>
My poor boss has been using this all week. Well over 2000 parts no bigger than a couple inches. All nuclear work. I'll snap a pic next week and send it to you. Very tedious. Nice job as always slick!
in 1972 i was in area tech school learning a/c repair. was afraid of silver soldering was afraid of burning thru copper tubing. all it takes was doing it and then it comes easy
This is a great video-thanks. Can I assume this solder needs an A/O (or P/O is guess) torch. Any idea what temp this solder is good too? Does the solder need to be clean? Thanks
Very interesting Terry, guess you were born to be what you are. I have poor freehand skills, hence my welding has never been neat. Now I'm struggling to see the join I'm welding. My father however was an excellent welder, Oxy and stick. Obviously many years ago he won the competition for Oxy welding at the show. So much so anyone else didn't stand a chance...true. So they asked him not to enter.
I guess it is because it came natural to me all along but I've had employee's that never could catch on and I would move them into the machine shop. Thanks buddy.
Yes they do machine the OD flush and I set the parts in boiling water to remove the flux. Thank you very much for asking those things. I'm happy you're interested in the process. :D
you are very talented with plenty of experience,stuff that sadly is no longer being tought in schools. great story,as long as you didnt work with Rosie the riveter,lol
Great soldering and great chat Tx!! Some chocolate chip or butter pecan icecream sounds good now!! Yep i'd rather enjoy my job and work for less, then to make more and hate my job. *Have a good'nnn*
Man, you can do all sorts of stuff. That is cool. I need to think of something to get you to make for me just so I can have something made by a legend! Great stuff my friend. Why silver solder vs welding? I can't imagine sitting there assembling all those dip sticks. Dang, that is a ton.
I'm sure you probably cleaned it up afterwards. Polishing and such-wish you would have shown that. Would you say this is as strong as welding SS? I'm just a small home project kind of guy, so I'm thinking of a little SS project that won't require hi stress joints.
good job . i have some questions about silver soldering and brazing . what the deference between 45% silver & 65 % silver soldering brazing rods? can i solder or braze non magnetic stainless steel with silver rods ? thanks for sharing.
Do you think tacking parts by spot welding (micro-TIG) is a good way to immobilize them before silver brazing? I need to make thin protrusions on a paper punch, with 1mm blades ending in 5mm half-circles and attached to a thick plate on the other side. They will be somewhat loaded and I need 0.025mm positioning accuracy, so can't TIG them all the way. I am concerned with the possibility of cracks developing from steel tacks embedded in the solder.
@@txsviking Thank you; that's good to know. I wondered if that would be an obvious (to an expert) invitation to disaster. I evaded the issue in this case by tacking outside the final dimensions and grinding the tacks off after brazing. It worked great. But I will try TIG-tacking more liberally in future projects.
I can tell it takes a LOT of heat to braze stainless...... what I will be soldering the stainless to can't take that much heat. I'll have to use another material. Thanks for the video!
Well had braze copper pins to copper cable on a Million dollar transformer so had to come and watch the expert for a minute, hope some of it run off on me.
What Gas or mix are you using? Will 100% Acetylene work hot enough? Are these Stainless Steel to Stainless Steel ? And to be certain, your using 45% Silver solder? That is HIGH silver. Could 6% silver work? I used 6% on stainless steel bulk-head fittings to the sides of beer barrels and other thin wall barrels. the bulkhead fittings are solid stainless fittings. No problem with the 6% and liquid paste. But now I am trying to solder SS Tri-Clover fittings onto 3/8 SSteel barb fittings and the liquid paste just "evaporates" and the 6%silver solder quickly beads off.... Any suggestions before I go out and buy this expensive 45% silver solder and paste?
I've just been shopping for silver solder and reading some spec sheets- that's how I got here! I was slightly wondering if the #56 might be a little better b/c of the tight fit and better color match also. The #45 seems more available. Is this specified, or did you use what you have? I've been trying Easy-Flo 3 (with nickel and of course Cadmium) as a step up from reg'lar Easy-Flo, which I originally got as scrap! On bandsaw blades and light stainless steel structures. I keep trying different solders and fluxes, but all along I know that the problem is me! Not cleaning enough and too much heat, probably. MAN, when it works it's really something! I made some various simple joints on light steel and stainless-steel rods, for the benefit of some students, then each of them got to twist up one of the little tees or whatever, you could bend the things up quite a bit without the silver joint failing. I think this was #45, with a fillet. Everyone was amazed, the word "solder" fools them, it reminds them of electrical solder and they think it's going to be weak, but it might almost be welded!
I build oilfield tools and a customer asked me if we could braise stainless... we use a Flux coated silver-nickle rod for tungsten carbide work... would this work with the stainless?
I think I will be watching more of this. Is that Oxy Acetylene? Were you using cadmium bearing silver solder at that time and if so, did it do you any harm?
@@txsviking Thanks for that. It is banned in Europe, I have some from begore the ban but I am afraid to use it. Do you think cadmium free is just as good?
@@txsviking It can still be bought pure and mixed with sterling silver and bronze to make a cadmium bearing solder. However, I think I will not bother, in case of health impacts. I understand it was only used in low melting point solders anyway. It was not used for bronze brazing.
I need to silver solder a downstream oxygen sensor stainless bung on a stainless pipe. No cat, so I am thinking the exhaust will never reach silver solder melting levels. Think it will work. It is a step bung and will drop into the thin-walled pipe. Will be using a MAP gas torch. Way back in the 60, I was a Toolmaker and the silver solder wire I have was a grade for soldiering shanks on drills. Not sure of grade. My flux is white like yours. Long dried out but it seems to come back with water. Some of the drills had # 5 Morse tapers and where 3 5/8" diameter and the repair held up as good as new.
Hi. What is the brand of the torch and size of the tip? I started to practice silver soldering a few days ago. Your videos helped me a lot. Thank you very much.
Really enjoyed your stories! 55 gallon barrels of dipstick parts! Whew! By the way. I am going to put some tungsten carbide teeth on some lathe and mill tooling. I see some people use 5 percent hear and air silver solder, some swear by 45 solder and some say just use the old brass brazing rod. What are your recommendations on the best stuff to use? Appreciate it! Tom
@@txsviking thanks for the reply. I am going to try my hand at attaching some carbide to some boring bars that have broken carbide and I want to make a milling cutter. Thanks, Tom
Thank you sir, watching your work and listening to your stories encourage me to try silver solder. A question about the flux you use, is it better than Harris Stay-Silv white flux? You use Harris Safety-Silv 45 but not its flux. I couldn't find Wolverine silver brazing flux in my area, and couldn't find any info about it online as well, not even on Waymill site. Is it discontinued? Any next to the best recommendation?
Im sure youve told us but where are you from originally? Kinda sounds like Detroit with the tank plant and stuff. Does soldering making you feel sick. Makes me feel dizzy even with fans
Another Question for you? I have the ability to get the silver solder to flow real nice,, But after that, I test the joint, I can't brake the weld by hand to easily, but when I do, it seems like the brazing material isn't really sticking, fusing to the base stainless steel. ? Can I email you a photo, picture is worth a thousands mistakes !
txsviking Thanks again, Merry Christmas .... I was lucky and stopped by the supply house and picked up some 1/16 SS rod. I’m burning some nice beads now at 40amps. Figured I’ll tac it in three points and seal it with silver solder..
Yep just like Bruce Lee said. He doesn't fear the person who knows all 100,000 moves, he fears the one person that practices that one punch 100,000 times.
Cool, thank you again for your video I had to do some steel to Copper brazing on a new Refrigeration compressor today,( totally different project then you had but fundamentals are the same )and needed a little technique and shopping list tips I got the 45% and the flux you used and was able to get it sealed up the first time...
I sir. Great chat there! I have a question for you. I work with silver brazing a lot and recently on 95% of the stainless job that we delivered, there’s rust formation. It’s worst on 316. We are using black flux for is decontamination propriety’s and everyone have alway say to us to keep as far as we can from white flux. We built high pressure exchanger. Have you ever seen those kind of problems on one of your job? Don’t have any problem with CuNi steel or Cu.
TIG Welding Only TXSVIKING this is what we thoughts first but we hire a metallurgist who telling us that we under heated and over fluxing. We are trying to desolved the flux with hot water and a cleaning agent. For now it’s look way better but for how long. thanks for the comment
This may be the dumbest question ever but I am just starting out and pretty much know nothing. I wanted to ask what is the name of that metal plate that rotates hands-free? Where can I find one? Thank you for your help 😊
Terry I know people older than us can't do anything and I mean nothing . They never did anything but pushed paper in an office , I couldn't do office work but I had jobs where I wished I was in an office. LOL
I've always been able to do both but never liked it. Quick Books came along and made secretary/bookkeeper's obsolete. But nobody will replace the hammer. lol. 🍻
LOL! Nope, one's enough. Takes a bit to get hot enough. Didn't get it at 1st but know I see the connector better on the 2nd one.
Quite a professional job bud. Knowing your welding skills, I wasn't surprised at the soldering. No wonder you're so good after working on all those government jobs. How many dipsticks can you fit in a 55 gallon drum? Sounds like me & cutting chicken wings. LOL! Lights out - ice cream! Nice of him to give ya a break. Working for yourself is the best for sure. My Dad & brother worked at Tap & Die in Lyndonville. 3 quarter inch rod? Holy crap! Been hit by the metal back years ago. I might burn if the price was right. All 6 in under 8 minutes. txkviking!
Best comment ever :D
Most you ever talked. :)
Not what my wife says! :/
Ha ha!
Can you email me please@chattanoogasolid@gmail.com its kinda important tgat i speak with you im mean its kind of urgent
Great video Terry working and telling stories is something I have always enjoyed. When I was starting out I would always hang around with the older guys listen to there stories and pick bits and pieces up over the years. They were always enjoyable to be around and never not willing to teach if you wanted to be taught. I am like you welding,fabrication and machining has always come naturally to me I was born to build and fix so thats what I do and enjoy it as much today as when i first started back in the 80's. Thanks for the memories Terry.
This was more in my realm of capabilities, the life stories are priceless, thanks for sharing.Looking good.
Love the "there I was" stories, keep 'em coming. My welding teaching brought in some silver solder one day to let us try it. He was always bringing in things that were welding related but not on our very short program.
Thank you.
Terry enjoying hearing your work history...back in 1975 I work for a family own machine shop..we did a lot of work for the steel mills---it was in Gary, Indiana..I was sent to welding school and did both machining and all the welding..mainly stick a lot of 7018 rod and nickle rod for cast iron. Then we got a job building a distribution system for a steel mill blast furnace. I spent that summer silver soldering pipes valves and it all had to be pressure tested..that how things went in our shop...spent one summer welling cast iron--broken bell housings and feet on large electric motors again from the steel mill--a lot of nickle rod pre-heating stress relieving etc..but I was in my twenties then and thought it was all fun. 100 plus degree heat.. so thankfull I have that oppertunity to learn that skill..
It was a lot easier when we were younger. :-)
you are the go to man for metal welding and solder work ! Thumbs up Terry .. Enjoyed man..
Thank you Shawn.
I really enjoyed watching you solder those parts but I enjoyed your memories even more. Thanks
Thank you.
I love using silver solder. I mean just the way it flows and all. This is a perfect example. Glob that flux on and let it do its job lol. I don't know for whatever reason it's so satisfying to me haha. awesome video!
Very fulfilling lol. I like it too. Its one of those things where you can daydream and not get in trouble. :D
txsviking absolutely!
Thank you! Just brazed 304 tubing - 45 silver + white flux. Worked fantastic with no issues !
Glad to hear.
Loved the story and the silver soldering. LOL, I was 2 years old when you started your welding career.
I'm older than I think! lol Thanks Stan.
Ha! I wasn’t born until 12 years later in ‘85 🤣
Liked the soldering and enjoyed the stories. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you buddy.
I really enjoyed the story, would love to hear more.
cool I was 1 years old when you started work
I would sit with you and a beer to hear all your stories
Thank you. I'm open :D
Thanks for sharing your video and I appreciate your stories!
Glad you like them!
I used a somewhat similar silver soldering method except with cadmium free *(ESAB) 155 fc Trucote silver brazing rods. Been quite a few years, but it was impressive how tough the brazed joints were even when joining very dissimilar metals.
Thanks for the really great video. I do some silver soldering on stainless for the machine shop I work in. It took me a little time to get the hang of it. I wish I would do it more often to stay in the loop of it. I usually use the little Mecco Midget torch to do those small parts. I appreciate you showing us how to do this. Dan.
Thank you. Its a good skill to learn and with very little time anyone can do it well.
Great history, I'd like to hear more in your next videos. Thanks for bringing us along.
I'll try and especially while silver soldering since its quite :-)
Yes sir, I love hearing the history of the men who built this country. I'm a certified welder in the carpenters union and just started dabbling with Tig welding. I also love the videos on exotic metals just because I never see them where I am. Thanks again.
Cool story and using the silver solder. Came out great !
I liked the stories. It was interesting that you had so much to do with military contracts at that job.
Still have some Mil certs even now. I welded tow target systems for the Air Force in the late 80's and kept those. :D
Loved the video and really enjoyed the chat. Thanks bud, keep them coming. From uk 🇬🇧
Always enjoy your videos and your knowledge, thanks
Thank you.
That's a really pretty part they sent ya. Great story too.
Silver solder looks like something I can do! A 3/4" welding rod...jebus. Thanks for sharing the story, it was cool!
Thanks for listening :D BTW I saw Fog Hat in 76 in Cobo Hall downtown Detroit. Danger zone. lol
haha awesome. I was wondering if anyone was going to say anything about my commentary. :D
Normally when I see it once I got it....
But listening to you got me till the whole video completely ended... love it...😍😎
Thank you.
Really enjoyed the stories!
Thank you.
I really appreciate your videos. Thank you.
Thank you for watching.
Great story, great work!
Thank you.
Good stories Brother. Loved it. Nice work.
Love hearing the stories.
Thanks buddy.
Loved the story now I see how you got so good :)
Thank you. :-)
trying to catch up brother, Great vid and cool story Terry. Cheers Dizzy.
great job brother. Loved the story heck I think I would have hit the ground running just watching someone do it. Good thing you moved to Texas ha.
I know. I love it here! Thanks brother.
I enjoyed this one a lot, I like hearing stories like that, and enjoyed watching you work as usual. Got a kick out of the refreshment break too, being your own boss is awesome! 😎👍🏻
Adult beverages are a work place requirement ;)
Excellent! Can I get a job there? 😁
🍻👍 10 years since the last employee got walking papers. 😂😂
I guarantee I'm a better beer drinker than the last guy! Oh yeah and I TIG weld too! 😎
When I worked at Marlins it was the same thing every day, 7, 8, 900 barrels a day.
Good chat, now get back to work! lol. I have never done silver solder. Good point you made regarding getting good at something when you do it repetitively daily
Doing production runs really teaches you to be efficient. I was lucky and got paid by the hour plus by the piece. :-)
This is not only good hand hold hand work xD Good craft and a lot known 👌
Thank you.
Question, I'm trying to silver solder some 1/4 SS tubing to a 1-5/8 tube, both are 304 SS.
I'm using white flux and stay brite 15, I just went back and tried it like you were doing and worked like a champ. I was using to much heat and a strong flame. Just watching you was enough to get me back in the grove. Thanks so much
Great work as usual, with a beer even better! Enjoyed the chat, was very well done.
Did a ring a year or so ago for my daughter out of .999 silver I cut from an ounce bar, and silver soldered a gold flake to it, replacing one she has worn out after 22 or 23 years of constant wear. I got the first one for her on my first trip to Alaska years ago, the flake of gold worn away years before the ring failed. We'll see how long this one lasts! LOL q:o)>
My poor boss has been using this all week. Well over 2000 parts no bigger than a couple inches. All nuclear work. I'll snap a pic next week and send it to you. Very tedious. Nice job as always slick!
Thanks buddy.
The flux residue should be removed using hot water & preferably 99 degrees.
Nice brazing and video. 👍🏻
That's how I do it. :-)
in 1972 i was in area tech school learning a/c repair. was afraid of silver soldering was afraid of burning thru copper tubing. all it takes was doing it and then it comes easy
That's all it takes.
I like it txsviking. Thanks for showing.
Thank you!
I enjoyed the story telling part while you were doing the soldering. You need to do so more often.
The next run with silver solder I will. Thanks.
You make it look simple
Thank you.
great stories man. thank you for sharing. take care. pete
Thank you for watching and listening :-)
I really enjoyed the story.
Thanks buddy. It makes work easier when I talk. :-)
Thanks for the video ,nice job
Thank you.
You do tell a good story.
thanks for sharing
Good word thanks for posting.
Thank you.
the 70's were fun.... good stories...
cool chat, thanks Terry!
Thank buddy. Hope things are warmer for ya.
This is a great video-thanks. Can I assume this solder needs an A/O (or P/O is guess) torch. Any idea what temp this solder is good too? Does the solder need to be clean? Thanks
Not sure what A/O or P/O is but it was a #2 tip. The flow point is about 1200F and it does need to be clean.
Very interesting Terry, guess you were born to be what you are. I have poor freehand skills, hence my welding has never been neat. Now I'm struggling to see the join I'm welding. My father however was an excellent welder, Oxy and stick. Obviously many years ago he won the competition for Oxy welding at the show. So much so anyone else didn't stand a chance...true. So they asked him not to enter.
I guess it is because it came natural to me all along but I've had employee's that never could catch on and I would move them into the machine shop. Thanks buddy.
I like the stories. How do you clean the flux off after? And do you think they will machine those pins flush outside after?
Yes they do machine the OD flush and I set the parts in boiling water to remove the flux. Thank you very much for asking those things. I'm happy you're interested in the process. :D
@@txsviking Oh, well never mind about color match and stuff, then. If it's going to be flush, you probably won't see anything unless you really look!
Enjoyed the chat! 👍
Glad you enjoyed it
Very interesting. Do you have any videos on the turntable you are using?
by the TRUCKLOAD!!! That's a lot of parts.
It seamed normal back then but I was happy to have a job too.
you are very talented with plenty of experience,stuff that sadly is no longer being tought in schools. great story,as long as you didnt work with Rosie the riveter,lol
No, Rosie and I did something different all together. LOL Thanks buddy.
Great soldering and great chat Tx!!
Some chocolate chip or butter pecan icecream sounds good now!!
Yep i'd rather enjoy my job and work for less, then to make more and hate my job.
*Have a good'nnn*
Great stuff!
Thank you.
if you still answer questions here... Might you know how they machined the small slit into the main part (where you soldered the inserted 'key'.)
Milled it.
Well done Bud!! I bet you hate the sight of a 55 gal drum to this day eh!!☺
I still pucker. :-)
Man, you can do all sorts of stuff. That is cool. I need to think of something to get you to make for me just so I can have something made by a legend! Great stuff my friend. Why silver solder vs welding? I can't imagine sitting there assembling all those dip sticks. Dang, that is a ton.
Solder doesn't distort like weld and seals very well too. Thanks buddy.
I'm sure you probably cleaned it up afterwards. Polishing and such-wish you would have shown that. Would you say this is as strong as welding SS? I'm just a small home project kind of guy, so I'm thinking of a little SS project that won't require hi stress joints.
I don't think its as strong but because its only an alignment key it's silver soldered to prevent distortion. Thanks.
Great story
Thanks Cliff, usually its hard to talk when I'm welding. :-)
good job .
i have some questions about silver soldering and brazing .
what the deference between 45% silver & 65 % silver soldering brazing rods?
can i solder or braze non magnetic stainless steel with silver rods ?
thanks for sharing.
20% 😀 (and a higher melting point)
I do silver soldering at home for income, food mixers with a thin stainless ring around the fingers
You know Terry you will probably forget more about welding etc then I'll ever learn lol good stuff brother
Do you think tacking parts by spot welding (micro-TIG) is a good way to immobilize them before silver brazing? I need to make thin protrusions on a paper punch, with 1mm blades ending in 5mm half-circles and attached to a thick plate on the other side. They will be somewhat loaded and I need 0.025mm positioning accuracy, so can't TIG them all the way. I am concerned with the possibility of cracks developing from steel tacks embedded in the solder.
I do it on stainless all the time without a problem. I don't know if it will work for you though.
@@txsviking Thank you; that's good to know. I wondered if that would be an obvious (to an expert) invitation to disaster. I evaded the issue in this case by tacking outside the final dimensions and grinding the tacks off after brazing. It worked great. But I will try TIG-tacking more liberally in future projects.
I can tell it takes a LOT of heat to braze stainless...... what I will be soldering the stainless to can't take that much heat. I'll have to use another material. Thanks for the video!
Thank you for watching.
Well had braze copper pins to copper cable on a Million dollar transformer so had to come and watch the expert for a minute, hope some of it run off on me.
It will. lol Thanks.
What Gas or mix are you using? Will 100% Acetylene work hot enough? Are these Stainless Steel to Stainless Steel ? And to be certain, your using 45% Silver solder? That is HIGH silver. Could 6% silver work? I used 6% on stainless steel bulk-head fittings to the sides of beer barrels and other thin wall barrels. the bulkhead fittings are solid stainless fittings. No problem with the 6% and liquid paste. But now I am trying to solder SS Tri-Clover fittings onto 3/8 SSteel barb fittings and the liquid paste just "evaporates" and the 6%silver solder quickly beads off.... Any suggestions before I go out and buy this expensive 45% silver solder and paste?
45% is only $20 an ounce. Sometimes they ask for 56% and that is still less than $30. You just have to pass the cost on.
I've just been shopping for silver solder and reading some spec sheets- that's how I got here! I was slightly wondering if the #56 might be a little better b/c of the tight fit and better color match also. The #45 seems more available. Is this specified, or did you use what you have? I've been trying Easy-Flo 3 (with nickel and of course Cadmium) as a step up from reg'lar Easy-Flo, which I originally got as scrap! On bandsaw blades and light stainless steel structures. I keep trying different solders and fluxes, but all along I know that the problem is me! Not cleaning enough and too much heat, probably. MAN, when it works it's really something! I made some various simple joints on light steel and stainless-steel rods, for the benefit of some students, then each of them got to twist up one of the little tees or whatever, you could bend the things up quite a bit without the silver joint failing. I think this was #45, with a fillet. Everyone was amazed, the word "solder" fools them, it reminds them of electrical solder and they think it's going to be weak, but it might almost be welded!
Yeah, I would have chosen #56 but the print specified #45 and I have to supply a COC with the parts. Thanks for the comment.
I like silver solder.
Me too. 😊 Thanks buddy.
I build oilfield tools and a customer asked me if we could braise stainless... we use a Flux coated silver-nickle rod for tungsten carbide work... would this work with the stainless?
I suppose so but why not weld it?
@@txsviking we braise tungsten inserts on wearing parts.
Any suggestions for a gent trying to vacuum grade silver braze 316SS to H(200?) Aluminum?
I never tried that.
@@txsviking ah dang. Well if I manage it I’ll capture it and put it up on the these here tubes.
if your flux comes as a powder, do you add water to it, to make a paste?
Mine is a thick liquid. I add water to thin it a little.
@@txsviking great. thanks!
I think I will be watching more of this. Is that Oxy Acetylene? Were you using cadmium bearing silver solder at that time and if so, did it do you any harm?
I used it for about 15 years with no harm. But I never breath the fumes. Yes, it is Oxy Acetylene.
@@txsviking Thanks for that. It is banned in Europe, I have some from begore the ban but I am afraid to use it. Do you think cadmium free is just as good?
When Cad free first came out I remember thinking it didn't flow as well. Now I've just grown used to it.
@@txsviking It can still be bought pure and mixed with sterling silver and bronze to make a cadmium bearing solder. However, I think I will not bother, in case of health impacts. I understand it was only used in low melting point solders anyway. It was not used for bronze brazing.
I knew you had done that before!!
A time or two. lol
More chats, more chats.
Ha ha. Careful what you ask for. :D
Love the stories
Yes, like a potter's wheel. Thanks.
@@txsviking Thanks!
Iam a government contractor Welder on Ft.Hood and i can relate lol.
I need to silver solder a downstream oxygen sensor stainless bung on a stainless pipe. No cat, so I am thinking the exhaust will never reach silver solder melting levels. Think it will work. It is a step bung and will drop into the thin-walled pipe. Will be using a MAP gas torch. Way back in the 60, I was a Toolmaker and the silver solder wire I have was a grade for soldiering shanks on drills. Not sure of grade. My flux is white like yours. Long dried out but it seems to come back with water. Some of the drills had # 5 Morse tapers and where 3 5/8" diameter and the repair held up as good as new.
45% is good to about 1100F. Melts at 1180F.
Hi.
What is the brand of the torch and size of the tip?
I started to practice silver soldering a few days ago.
Your videos helped me a lot.
Thank you very much.
For these parts I used a #2 tip. I have Victor torches. Thanks for asking.
txsviking
thanks for answering my questions.
Really enjoyed your stories! 55 gallon barrels of dipstick parts! Whew! By the way. I am going to put some tungsten carbide teeth on some lathe and mill tooling. I see some people use 5 percent hear and air silver solder, some swear by 45 solder and some say just use the old brass brazing rod. What are your recommendations on the best stuff to use? Appreciate it! Tom
I use 45 or 56% allways.
@@txsviking thanks for the reply. I am going to try my hand at attaching some carbide to some boring bars that have broken carbide and I want to make a milling cutter. Thanks, Tom
Thank you sir, watching your work and listening to your stories encourage me to try silver solder. A question about the flux you use, is it better than Harris Stay-Silv white flux? You use Harris Safety-Silv 45 but not its flux. I couldn't find Wolverine silver brazing flux in my area, and couldn't find any info about it online as well, not even on Waymill site. Is it discontinued? Any next to the best recommendation?
Safety Silv works great. Either white or black. Thanks for asking.
Where do you buy the blocks your usen to weld on ?
I made them.
@@txsviking thats awsome i need some thoughs when i weld motorcycle muffler pipe
Sir help me which brazing rod use for coppor and steelness steel brazing
I would use silver solder. 45 or 56%. I don't do any brazing.
How much price sir 45% silver brazing rod
@@prakashgotame8875 Ask your weld supply.
Last time I saw something like this , I was holding copper pipe and a plumber was a doing it.
Never trust a plumber to do what you can't do yourself! lol Hope you are well my friend. 🙏
txsviking I can happily say after watching you all this time........no crack was envisioned. Hallelujah!
I’m a tool and die machinist enjoyed your video
Thank you for watching.
Im sure youve told us but where are you from originally? Kinda sounds like Detroit with the tank plant and stuff. Does soldering making you feel sick. Makes me feel dizzy even with fans
Another Question for you? I have the ability to get the silver solder to flow real nice,, But after that, I test the joint, I can't brake the weld by hand to easily, but when I do, it seems like the brazing material isn't really sticking, fusing to the base stainless steel. ? Can I email you a photo, picture is worth a thousands mistakes !
Think of silver solder as glue, it's not as strong as welding.
txsviking Thanks again, Merry Christmas .... I was lucky and stopped by the supply house and picked up some 1/16 SS rod. I’m burning some nice beads now at 40amps. Figured I’ll tac it in three points and seal it with silver solder..
Yep just like Bruce Lee said. He doesn't fear the person who knows all 100,000 moves, he fears the one person that practices that one punch 100,000 times.
Ha ha. Bruce got nothing! lol Thanks buddy.
Is that table electric, or just a shaft down to your feet?
Its a potters wheel. :)
Could you tell me what size tip you're using? Thank you, great video btw..
I was using a #2.
Cool, thank you again for your video I had to do some steel to Copper brazing on a new Refrigeration compressor today,( totally different project then you had but fundamentals are the same )and needed a little technique and shopping list tips I got the 45% and the flux you used and was able to get it sealed up the first time...
Were can I find the flux and silver solder
Any welding supply.
I sir. Great chat there! I have a question for you. I work with silver brazing a lot and recently on 95% of the stainless job that we delivered, there’s rust formation. It’s worst on 316. We are using black flux for is decontamination propriety’s and everyone have alway say to us to keep as far as we can from white flux. We built high pressure exchanger. Have you ever seen those kind of problems on one of your job? Don’t have any problem with CuNi steel or Cu.
I saw it where the material was overheated or the flux didn't cove the area well enough but that's not often.
TIG Welding Only TXSVIKING this is what we thoughts first but we hire a metallurgist who telling us that we under heated and over fluxing. We are trying to desolved the flux with hot water and a cleaning agent. For now it’s look way better but for how long. thanks for the comment
This may be the dumbest question ever but I am just starting out and pretty much know nothing. I wanted to ask what is the name of that metal plate that rotates hands-free? Where can I find one? Thank you for your help 😊
You can't buy one, you have to build it. Look back in my video's for Foot operated turn table for more info.
@@txsviking Thank you!
Terry I know people older than us can't do anything and I mean nothing . They never did anything but pushed paper in an office , I couldn't do office work but I had jobs where I wished I was in an office. LOL
I've always been able to do both but never liked it. Quick Books came along and made secretary/bookkeeper's obsolete. But nobody will replace the hammer. lol. 🍻
When I was delivering fuel oil and it was -30 I wished I was inside.