[TheForge] Welding question

Thu Nov 6 18:22:49 2003

Randy,  I've never really had any luck welding over a braze.....even after
grinding it out, as it still smears the braze in the metal pores.

Why don't you redo the braze like the original piece was done?

Ralph
----- Original Message -----
From: "Randy Crawford" <[email protected]>
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Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 11:56 AM
Subject: [TheForge] Welding question

> I am working on a piece of railing that is aprox 75 years old, I am
> salvaging several pieces from the original section. They used brazing
> rod to form small collars at the base of the pickets.  My question is
> can I weld the piket to my bottom rail, welding to the brazing, or
> should I grind the brazing off and weld to the steel picket. In all the
> welding i've ever done i've never ran into this situation.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Randy
>
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