[TheForge] Welding copper (was:fountains)

Tue Jan 22 18:47:13 2002

I'm not very high tech when it comes to this kind of thing so I
experimented, and found that plumbers flux works .  You have to be careful
with the torch and using a small tip size, bring the two parts up to temp
and presto, they go together very nicely, leaving you with a bond where you
can't tell one part from the other.

Harry Foster
Rusty Dog Forge

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Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 6:07 PM
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Subject: Re: RE: [TheForge] Welding copper (was:fountains)

How are you applying the flux?  For soldering. mine is in a little
applicator bottle with small applicator tip.  I use borax and water for flux
and dry borax, boric acid and sand for forge welding.  I have never used
copper wire like you describe....only silver solder.  Will it work the same
way?  Does it flow like solder?  How do you stop the peice from melting
away.  Solder melts at a lower temperature than your base metal.  Some
Welding rod has a copper coating that encourages flow at a lower temp than
steel.

What happens when they both melt at the same temp?

Daniel
www.visi.com/~irontree

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