Only halfway through this video and I am so happy to have found this. You give all the most important tips and are clearing up a lot of my confusion. Also because the flame of your torch is mostly invisible here i am finally getting to see the behaviour of the braze pool in great detail. This the perfect video for anyone looking to get into brazing! Thank you!
The second side of the steel ring was harder to braze because it was covered by a layer of black oxide that formed while brazing the first side. To prevent that I would have put some flux on both sides before I started heating anything. The flux will protect the metal from oxidation caused by the heating. It is better to prevent the oxide from forming in the first place, instead of having to wait for the oxide to be removed by flux applied after the metal was already very hot.
I haven't done mild steel brazing since 1980 at college. I recall that word Borax, like Vim, a white powder. I need to braze a mild steel bolt to a mild steel plate for a metal chair repair. I looked on Amazon but it is not obvious what rods I need neither what flux I need. There is only a large tub for £35 which is a bit excessive for one braze. What I like about brazing is that you tend not to blow away the metal like you can arc welding or MIG or TIG, all of which I am not to good at. Good straightforward and explanitory video. Well done.
Thanks for making this video, I'm a welder and my boss has asked me to braze some brass at work tomorrow and I haven't done it since I was at school nearly 2 decades ago. I found your video very informative and clear. After watching it I'm no longer nervous about messing up the bosses fancy brass door handle tomorrow.
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Thank you for the up-load. I am starting a small hobby and I was thinking I needed a welder to build a small form, but I will give this a try. Thanks again!
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You do a great job- very clear articulation, explanation, and appropriate brevity. I appreciated the focus on the material at hand and your economy of words. I believe I will now go downstairs and braze for the first time with a pretty full understanding of everything you did in your video, which I'm more or less replicating. I like that you didn't have obscured activities taking place out of the eyesight of the camera, and that ultimately, I don't need to watch ANOTHER 10 videos to get second opinions. So, having watched numerous DIY videos- I give kudos to you as being fantastic at this. You also inspire confidence with your tone. I rarely review anything, but felt compelled to say this. I'll check back in an hour with results of the mission.
Just a tip. For that piece he was focusing more on the rim instead of the bottoms base plate. You notice the filler is balling a little bit. Need to apply a bit more heat to the base not the filler
You took the words right out of my mouth. No senseless intro, just straight to the point. This is a great example of how information should be shared on RUclips, I was able to braze for my first time as well after watching this.
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Excellent, thank you! Love brazing, strong as hell... sometimes have contamination or flux issues that cause brazing material to "ball up"... always trying to improve my skills. I have some silver loaded brazing rods, will try the recommended flux.
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This is how a DIY video should be like. Very good explanation of the all aspects of the job, like materials, temp, cleaning etc. Also, I would like to know if the same method can be used to join brass with mild steel/steel ? -Thanks a lot !
Thanks so much man, I welded /brazed for years but never thought, I'd need to one day braze forks and spoons for a project, what's the ideal rods,flux, and & heat for run of the mill flatware. .thanks again ! yer the man !
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Having a fire brick handy will be a good substitute instead of a damp piece of wood, welding requires a very good ground also a good surface for welding to complete the circuit . I have used the Hot Max using silver solder brazing rods it works well . Good video -
That rod you used how does it look if you buff it I'm needing to braze or weld brass clothing racks together and polish after and they have to look great the filler needs to look like the brass or very close im trying to find the best looking way possible I'm fine with tig welding but the brazing looks better
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the cleanliness of the surface can b critical for even mig welding, if ur usin flux core then u the weld is extremely sensitive any contamination, u can get nice welds with flux core i even have a bottle of denatured alcohol i wipe stuff down with before i weld before i use flux core all the time its jus way more convenient n welds fine for most things, n for what doesnt u simply plug a bottle in but at the very absolute least u should really wire brush the surface n spray it real quick with brakleen it only takes literally a few seconds n makes ur welds look alot better n for sure alot stronger without contamination
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Maybe an obvious question but I am new to this... How do you hold the brazing rod? Bare hands, gloves, mulgrips etc? I would imagine it could get hot, but maybe it is like solder where it melts before the heat conducts down.
Great video, ez to understand. I have a great old bbq and the 2pc legs (assembled together) are 2inch tube steel about 1mm thick. And afraid of burning through it trying to make them 1pc. Is this too thin? Or will the inner piece heat up enough? Advise? Thanks.
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Thanks for the great lesson I'm a self taught metal artist is the flux for brazing necessary or just helpful Most of the stuff I braz is not load barring
Would firebrick work to prevent damage to surfaces such as concrete in video? Am looking at repairing the seats on metal chairs. The wire screening has come loose and thought brazing would be a good repair since everything is attached on underside. What did would you recommend?
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it is actually better to place the work pieces over a gas burner, this way you get a lot of help because the gas burner will maintain the work pieces at a high temp eliminating the heat sink effect, I have done it on thick copper and steel and works wonders
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Nicely done, you've got a knack for explaining this stuff and demonstrating it clearly! Watching that puddle flatten reminds me of watching my old man brazing copper for HVAC. The first time I saw the blob of brazing material get sucked into the joint when it hit temp, it was like magic. Took me a long time to figure out those copper pipes were sucking heat out of the joint almost as fast as the flame was dumping it in...no time for lollygagging, lol. I'd hate to see what kind of jabba the hut joint i'd do these days. :)
Never done anything like this before and I’m contemplating fixing the aluminium base of a bar stool where the bracket underneath that holds the seat suspension mount in place has cracked so the seat is very wobbly and unusable. Do you think it’s possible for me to tackle this job myself. I’m an experience DIY’er who is not a mechanic but does a lot of tinkering. You’re video is full of pertinent information and tips giving me confidence to try.
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I'm new to welding/brazing. Just trying to spot weld/braze tin blades back to frame on a yard whirligig. But not sure what to order. What is difference of stay silv 5, 6, or 15?
I have a wood stove with serious pitting due to rust fissure forming under kettle. What is the best way to get the brazing material into the dirty fissure without drilling out all the fissures?
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Could brazing be used to join tin cans to make a stove flue? If the first part above the fire box is a proper steel pipe? I was thinking of using Tuna tins, as I collected a shed-load. See anything with "Made in the USA" it's going to be good quality. I got a Speed Square from Amazon. Perfect. It's in inches though. I can't work fractions. Notably it's why we were tought fractions at school. It didn't sink in. MMs are better. Re-use not Recycle.
You’re holding the gas torch too close to the work: heat is generated as the gas burns, the flame will be at its hottest towards the end of the flame. Had you applied flux to the bed and the piece and introduced the brazing rod inside, at the base of the piece, the braze would have run round the entire ring, making a stronger joint using less braze metal.
Futon I totally agree. Branded joints should be treated like soldered joints because brazing is high temperature hard solder. The joints should be thoroughly cleaned and fluxes immediately to avoid oxidation
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I welded broken small flat stock steel together on a lawnmower catcher twice (40 years ago) and it kept braking due to vibration but then I brazed it together and it never broke again.
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@@electronicsNmore Done. Not as easy as you made it look though :-). it seems that the bernzomatic torch with the yellow canister could *barely* get temps to melt the bronze rods...
@@electronicsNmore The piece was similar to yours in the video, slightly more beefy. I did it outside of the garage with about zero degrees celcius which probably wasn't helping. In retrospect I would make a little box with firebricks or something to contain the heat. I am sitting on the chair right now :-). Seems well fixed! Cheers!
hi sir thanks for video , need tuto braze metal galvanized and sometime stainless steel , please to help and advise about rod filler , is it silver or silver bronze alloy , any refs and flux with thanks
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How you braze silver strip to copper where silver strip is 0.3 mm thk and copper base is 12 mm thk. How to avoid softening of bend section in copper carrier post brazing Akshay
hi nice job. what safety Google would you recommend may I ask I use to braze at high school around 20 year ago . I have some low melting point aluminium rods coming as well
Could I use your method to join 1/16 thick bronze pieces together? Would that much heat cause the pieces to distort? Would you recommend a different rod to join material that thin?
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Man great video. You explained everything the way I needed to learn what I needed. I'll subscribe. I'm looking forward to weld bikes and brazing is a must skill That a need to know. I been watching hours of videos about brazing and this was one of the best
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Do you think this will work for adding a small steel patch to a cast iron engine block? I have a Ford engine block with a small piece missing from the mating surface for the water pump causing it too leak coolant. I'm afraid to weld it using a mig welder because cast iron cracks. Does anyone know.....? Thanks
If there's a crack, you're going to have to drill the very end of the crack out before making any repair. You're going to require a lot of heat to make that repair.
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Serious question: does the popping up of concrete have enough velocity to knock over the work pieces(s) potentially causing burns to skin or starting a fire??
It's known as "Spalling", and the pieces that "may" pop off the surface are generally small. All depends on the moisture content of the concrete. Thanks for watching!
To all the pros here, I am a beginner in brazing. I have been wonder what will happen to the brazing joint after a certain of time exposed to the environment? I used a copper-based brazing alloy as the filler metal to join two pieces of carbon steel plate. What is the possible failure that may occur on the brazed plate?
Only halfway through this video and I am so happy to have found this. You give all the most important tips and are clearing up a lot of my confusion. Also because the flame of your torch is mostly invisible here i am finally getting to see the behaviour of the braze pool in great detail. This the perfect video for anyone looking to get into brazing! Thank you!
The second side of the steel ring was harder to braze because it was covered by a layer of black oxide that formed while brazing the first side. To prevent that I would have put some flux on both sides before I started heating anything. The flux will protect the metal from oxidation caused by the heating. It is better to prevent the oxide from forming in the first place, instead of having to wait for the oxide to be removed by flux applied after the metal was already very hot.
Yes apply flux to the part as well that’s what I was taught
Flux would help although a reducing flame should be able to remove the oxidation during heating.
Yea wat he said!!!😂😂😂
Surface preparation pre -braising would be in order
This is the best video on brazing that I found so far.
Great to hear!
Nicely done fella. I used your channel to refresh my memory for a smooth and strong joint.
Thanks a lot. Excellent presentation, no music or speed ups. Colin UK.
I haven't done mild steel brazing since 1980 at college. I recall that word Borax, like Vim, a white powder.
I need to braze a mild steel bolt to a mild steel plate for a metal chair repair.
I looked on Amazon but it is not obvious what rods I need neither what flux I need. There is only a large tub for £35 which is a bit excessive for one braze.
What I like about brazing is that you tend not to blow away the metal like you can arc welding or MIG or TIG, all of which I am not to good at.
Good straightforward and explanitory video. Well done.
Buy a couple of fire bricks. One for a base, the second as backstop and heat reflector. ✌
Thanks for making this video, I'm a welder and my boss has asked me to braze some brass at work tomorrow and I haven't done it since I was at school nearly 2 decades ago.
I found your video very informative and clear.
After watching it I'm no longer nervous about messing up the bosses fancy brass door handle tomorrow.
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how did it turn out?
Thank you for the up-load. I am starting a small hobby and I was thinking I needed a welder to build a small form, but I will give this a try. Thanks again!
Thank you. You're video is clear, concise, and informative.
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You do a great job- very clear articulation, explanation, and appropriate brevity. I appreciated the focus on the material at hand and your economy of words. I believe I will now go downstairs and braze for the first time with a pretty full understanding of everything you did in your video, which I'm more or less replicating. I like that you didn't have obscured activities taking place out of the eyesight of the camera, and that ultimately, I don't need to watch ANOTHER 10 videos to get second opinions. So, having watched numerous DIY videos- I give kudos to you as being fantastic at this. You also inspire confidence with your tone. I rarely review anything, but felt compelled to say this. I'll check back in an hour with results of the mission.
Just a tip. For that piece he was focusing more on the rim instead of the bottoms base plate. You notice the filler is balling a little bit. Need to apply a bit more heat to the base not the filler
You took the words right out of my mouth. No senseless intro, just straight to the point. This is a great example of how information should be shared on RUclips, I was able to braze for my first time as well after watching this.
Yep, what Prato said.
Very nice! Metal is a very precious thing to work with.
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Very thorough explanation and excellent demonstration, thanks much mate!
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Outstanding video!!!
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An excellent tutorial. Thanks!
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Excellent, thank you! Love brazing, strong as hell... sometimes have contamination or flux issues that cause brazing material to "ball up"... always trying to improve my skills. I have some silver loaded brazing rods, will try the recommended flux.
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Great video faceless man. Learnt a lot and eager to get to my workshop and try my hand. Thanks again. (Australia)
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Thanks been trying a video that would show me how to do this I'm glad it was in English also again thanks for the video
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Awsome vid man!!!
Refreshing to see posts and comments coming from those that have a "clue" on the subject. YT is a great tool to have, IF, .. you have just a little common sense. Thanx for posting, everybody.
Extremely helpful. Thank you!
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This is how a DIY video should be like. Very good explanation of the all aspects of the job, like materials, temp, cleaning etc. Also, I would like to know if the same method can be used to join brass with mild steel/steel ? -Thanks a lot !
Thank you very much!
Stainless steel?
Thanks so much man, I welded /brazed for years but never thought, I'd need to one day braze forks and spoons for a project, what's the ideal rods,flux, and & heat for run of the mill flatware. .thanks again ! yer the man !
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Excellence video great demonstration and explanation , this video gave me confidence and proper information to now do the job myself thankyou
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Very helpful. Thx
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Having a fire brick handy will be a good substitute instead of a damp piece of wood, welding requires a very good ground also a good surface for welding to complete the circuit . I have used the Hot Max using silver solder brazing rods it works well .
Good video -
+Pete Moss
Thanks. You're correct. A fire brick would be great, but I live on an island in the Bahamas. We don't have any here. :-)
LOL . . . . I'll send you a few !!!
Circuit ?? Are we watching the same video ? Or are you just a moron ?
Good video. Very helpful. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Nice video and narration!
Very good video A+
That rod you used how does it look if you buff it I'm needing to braze or weld brass clothing racks together and polish after and they have to look great the filler needs to look like the brass or very close im trying to find the best looking way possible I'm fine with tig welding but the brazing looks better
Good Stuff...as opposed to some others who just yammer!!!
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That’s a good old English made vice you have. 👍
Had! LOL I moved and left it there.
Just learned something new👍.
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the cleanliness of the surface can b critical for even mig welding, if ur usin flux core then u the weld is extremely sensitive any contamination, u can get nice welds with flux core i even have a bottle of denatured alcohol i wipe stuff down with before i weld before i use flux core all the time its jus way more convenient n welds fine for most things, n for what doesnt u simply plug a bottle in but at the very absolute least u should really wire brush the surface n spray it real quick with brakleen it only takes literally a few seconds n makes ur welds look alot better n for sure alot stronger without contamination
I usually wire brush the area before working if I want a very nice looking job. Thanks for watching!
Hi ..just wondering what brazing rods and flux you are using there for mild steel
Hey thanks a lot very informative 🤙
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I knew the brazing went well upon hearing the tweeting of the birds in the background.
Thanks so much! I have used stay silver 6 for hvac copper all the time. I Couldn't get it to braze steel before. I will try the hot max
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You're welcome
Thank you for your video, very helpful.
What type of brazing rod I need to braze broken brass?
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Thank you for the information and demonstration. Thumbs up.
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electronicsNmore ..... Will do. Thanks again.
Maybe an obvious question but I am new to this... How do you hold the brazing rod? Bare hands, gloves, mulgrips etc? I would imagine it could get hot, but maybe it is like solder where it melts before the heat conducts down.
Ekshrtremely interesting!
How to join ss to ss? What kind of rod and flux is the best choice?
Very informative video. Can the same materials be used for Stainless Steel brazing? Thanks
No, you cannot use the same rods.
Thank you, I think I'm ready to get my brave on and have a go.
Thanks heaps.
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Great video, ez to understand. I have a great old bbq and the 2pc legs (assembled together) are 2inch tube steel about 1mm thick. And afraid of burning through it trying to make them 1pc. Is this too thin? Or will the inner piece heat up enough? Advise? Thanks.
Ideal for thin metal
What kind of torch did you use?
MAPP
Helpful video, thanks. How strong is a brazed joint compared to a weld?
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Very good! Thank u 4 sharing
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I already knew how to do this but for some reason I couldn't help to watch the whole thing.(mostly because your very informative)
Uneasiest Daisy Thank You! Please share with others
Thanks for the great lesson I'm a self taught metal artist is the flux for brazing necessary or just helpful Most of the stuff I braz is not load barring
James Franklin No flux necessary for copper/brass/bronze, but mandatory for steel/cast iron.
Thanks For Watching
electronicsNmore, what about stainless, Also can propane be used? Great video, Thank you for posting this.
Would firebrick work to prevent damage to surfaces such as concrete in video? Am looking at repairing the seats on metal chairs. The wire screening has come loose and thought brazing would be a good repair since everything is attached on underside. What did would you recommend?
Can Romex Wire be strong enough to use as a brazing rod? To reweld the top of the cr-mo frame that was cut off and repositioned?
Pure copper isn't strong enough.
@@electronicsNmore thanks your quick reply. Save me from doing something then I shouldn't have.
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it is actually better to place the work pieces over a gas burner, this way you get a lot of help because the gas burner will maintain the work pieces at a high temp eliminating the heat sink effect, I have done it on thick copper and steel and works wonders
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Does it work with silver solder brazing copper to steel ?
Nicely done, you've got a knack for explaining this stuff and demonstrating it clearly!
Watching that puddle flatten reminds me of watching my old man brazing copper for HVAC. The first time I saw the blob of brazing material get sucked into the joint when it hit temp, it was like magic. Took me a long time to figure out those copper pipes were sucking heat out of the joint almost as fast as the flame was dumping it in...no time for lollygagging, lol. I'd hate to see what kind of jabba the hut joint i'd do these days. :)
jcims Glad you enjoyed the video. I have brazed many copper A/C refrigeration lines over the years. :-)
do you think its a good idea to braze on wood
Never done anything like this before and I’m contemplating fixing the aluminium base of a bar stool where the bracket underneath that holds the seat suspension mount in place has cracked so the seat is very wobbly and unusable. Do you think it’s possible for me to tackle this job myself. I’m an experience DIY’er who is not a mechanic but does a lot of tinkering.
You’re video is full of pertinent information and tips giving me confidence to try.
Nothing to lose. Practice on a piece of scrap first. Thanks for watching!
Really nice work
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This video is extremely good!
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I'm new to welding/brazing. Just trying to spot weld/braze tin blades back to frame on a yard whirligig. But not sure what to order. What is difference of stay silv 5, 6, or 15?
For tin, you solder. The melting point is too low to braze. Use an acid flux and solid solder wire.
I have a wood stove with serious pitting due to rust fissure forming under kettle. What is the best way to get the brazing material into the dirty fissure without drilling out all the fissures?
Thanks for the vid. Glad to your vice was made in England!
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Could brazing be used to join tin cans to make a stove flue? If the first part above the fire box is a proper steel pipe? I was thinking of using Tuna tins, as I collected a shed-load. See anything with "Made in the USA" it's going to be good quality. I got a Speed Square from Amazon. Perfect. It's in inches though. I can't work fractions. Notably it's why we were tought fractions at school. It didn't sink in. MMs are better. Re-use not Recycle.
The tin cans are really tin plated steel, so yes.
You’re holding the gas torch too close to the work: heat is generated as the gas burns, the flame will be at its hottest towards the end of the flame.
Had you applied flux to the bed and the piece and introduced the brazing rod inside, at the base of the piece, the braze would have run round the entire ring, making a stronger joint using less braze metal.
Futon I totally agree. Branded joints should be treated like soldered joints because brazing is high temperature hard solder. The joints should be thoroughly cleaned and fluxes immediately to avoid oxidation
Good video
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Complete novice here, the weld on the bottom of my barstools are coming off, what’s the best method and equipment to try and save them
I welded broken small flat stock steel together on a lawnmower catcher twice (40 years ago) and it kept braking due to vibration but then I brazed it together and it never broke again.
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Can a disposable butane torch give enough heat to silver solder?
Only if the metal is thin and small.
Thanks. What torch would you recommend?
So is it like solder in the way if you are heating up next to the previous solder point the one thats done is going to reheat and fall apart?
As you move away, the area you just did cools.
thanks, i will now go fix a broken office chair that failed on its welded connection...
It should work fine. Thanks for watching!
@@electronicsNmore Done. Not as easy as you made it look though :-). it seems that the bernzomatic torch with the yellow canister could *barely* get temps to melt the bronze rods...
@@kvitoroulis The metal must've been thick, and pulling away a lot of heat.
@@electronicsNmore The piece was similar to yours in the video, slightly more beefy. I did it outside of the garage with about zero degrees celcius which probably wasn't helping. In retrospect I would make a little box with firebricks or something to contain the heat. I am sitting on the chair right now :-). Seems well fixed! Cheers!
Are you able to do this with a propane torch?
Yes
I am doing gas welding on joints of copper and brass .please tell me which material rod we should use to join
hi sir thanks for video , need tuto braze metal galvanized and sometime stainless steel , please to help and advise about
rod filler ,
is it silver or silver bronze alloy , any refs and flux with thanks
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Very good video👍👍👍👍 very informative
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Love this video.
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I want to braze 20 gauge brass sheet. will this approach work. I made a prototype with solder and found the edges popped off under minor load.
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Awesome video!
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How you braze silver strip to copper where silver strip is 0.3 mm thk and copper base is 12 mm thk. How to avoid softening of bend section in copper carrier post brazing Akshay
hi nice job. what safety Google would you recommend may I ask I use to braze at high school around 20 year ago . I have some low melting point aluminium rods coming as well
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If you're only using propane/Mapp gas, then only clear safety goggles.
thank you :-)
Could I use your method to join 1/16 thick bronze pieces together? Would that much heat cause the pieces to distort? Would you recommend a different rod to join material that thin?
You'll need to experiment. 1/16" is thin, but if evenly heated, it may not warp.
@@electronicsNmore Ok. Thanks for the quick reply
who kind of filler rods I need to braze carbon steel/mild steel? can I use aluminium to braze joint carbon steel?
You cannot use aluminum to braze steel. Steel is usually brazed using bronze rods.
Great video! Thank you. Will Stay Silv 5 work the same for steel?
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Man great video. You explained everything the way I needed to learn what I needed. I'll subscribe. I'm looking forward to weld bikes and brazing is a must skill That a need to know. I been watching hours of videos about brazing and this was one of the best
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I love you man, great vid. Happy Hanukkah
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Do you think this will work for adding a small steel patch to a cast iron engine block? I have a Ford engine block with a small piece missing from the mating surface for the water pump causing it too leak coolant. I'm afraid to weld it using a mig welder because cast iron cracks. Does anyone know.....? Thanks
If there's a crack, you're going to have to drill the very end of the crack out before making any repair. You're going to require a lot of heat to make that repair.
What type of gas are you using
Hi Mike. MAPP gas.
I would just like to ask when you're doing your videos could you make your lettering when you put the whatever on their make the letters a little bigger so we could see them please thank you
All my videos for the past 4-5 years have clear text boxes. :-)
I want to do joint copper and brass with the help of gas welding please tell me right materil of rod which i should use as a welding material ?
Harris stay-silv 5 or 15.
Can I use the same material if I braze stainless steel tank?
No. More info below. Thanks for watching!
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could you do this with a butane torch? (steel to steel) Cheers
They're usually too small in size to heat up the metal.
Is it a pretty strong bond when you braze vs weld? I wanted to make a wing for my car.
CDNBaconRich Very strong, but not as strong as welding.
Can I use the silv 15 for aluminum to brass
No
Serious question: does the popping up of concrete have enough velocity to knock over the work pieces(s) potentially causing burns to skin or starting a fire??
It's known as "Spalling", and the pieces that "may" pop off the surface are generally small. All depends on the moisture content of the concrete. Thanks for watching!
Can you not use a fireproof mat like a welding mat under the aluminium.
Hello sir...what the different of cooper and brass?
Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc.
To all the pros here, I am a beginner in brazing. I have been wonder what will happen to the brazing joint after a certain of time exposed to the environment? I used a copper-based brazing alloy as the filler metal to join two pieces of carbon steel plate. What is the possible failure that may occur on the brazed plate?
Anything is possible. How well you did the job is the most important factor.