[TheForge] "Hidden" Brazing of Mild Steel

[John Chobrda]

    The definition of brazing is the joining of two pieces of metal using a
filler metal with a lower melting point than the pieces being joined, hence
brass to join steel. If you have the torch to braze with why not torch weld
the pieces?? I would call the welding torch the poor man's TIG.

Marc Godbout wrote:

> I'm joining small forged pieces like leaves, scrolls, etc., and thought
> brazing would be a good way to go. But the "standard" rod causes the
> joint to stick out with its brass color. Is there a brazing rod that's
> colored gray like steel?
>
> Alternatively, is there something I can wipe on everything but the
> mating surfaces that'll keep the braze from wicking there?
>
> Thanks.
>
> -Marc
>
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