[TheForge] Re: Welding SS

[RIES NIEMI]

on 9/13/03 7:09 AM, Lynn Emrich at theatre_weapons@yahoo.com wrote:

> Back to welding SS. I tried to silver braze some 316C
> stainless with little success. I took the part to
> someone that is a much better welder than I and he had
> problems also. Is there a way to braze SS? If I
> promace not to tell will you give me the the secret?
> :)
> Thanks, Lynn
> 

I braze Stainless all the time, but I cheat- I use a tig welder. Of course,
since I have a tig welder, if I want a color match, I just tig weld it with
a stainless filler rod, so I use silicon bronze rod to braze stainless. One
of the great things about that is you can braze stainless to mild steel, or
bronze, with silicon bronze rod.
I never tried using a silver brazing rod with the tig, but there isnt really
any reason it wouldnt work- just dont use flux. You dont need it because the
tig sheilding gas does the same thing.

Ries