[TheForge] In need of a little instruction.

[Justin Fellenz]

That's a cool trick, that pencil lead thing. Man, you learn something
every day. Sometimes two things.

Aaron, have you thought about welding? I've had good luck welding
copper together using tig and regular single strand electrical wire for
filler, and I bet you could do it with gas too. Copper runs really
smoothly, it just takes a lot of heat, and the whole piece gets hot
real fast, almost like water running up a pipe. It gets all black and
nasty looking but scotch-brite makes it nice again. The nice thing
about welding is that you have all one color of metal--you can make it
look like it grew that way.

Just a thought.

JRF
--- Grover Richardson <grover.richardson at gtri.gatech.edu> wrote:

> I haven't brazed in decades, but one think I do remember.  Take a
> number 2
> pencil and draw a line down the side of both sides of the area to be
> brazed.
> The lead left behind by the pencil will make a dam, and you will have
> pretty
> straight lines on each side of the joint.
> 
> All the best.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Aaron R.
> Williams
> Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 3:32 AM
> To: 'Sponsored by ABANA'
> Subject: [TheForge] In need of a little instruction.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Hello all.
> 
> I am in need of a little instruction on how to braze.  I have not
> been able
> to find any resources on line that give any information on how to at
> all.
> Might someone be able to give me the Readers Digest version?  I am
> trying to
> finish an X-mass gift for my mother.  
> 
> What I am trying to do is braze copper grounding rod to copper
> roofing. I am
> using theses components to create feathers. I know it sounds strange
> but it
> will really look neat for what I am trying to do.  I will try to post
> pictures when I get the project done, which is if I ever get it done.
>  I
> have tried to solder them together but they just don't won't to stick
> together and I would rather not have a white line running down the
> center of
> each feather.
> 
> Thanks for what ever help you can give.
> 
> Aaron R. Williams
> Pueblo, CO
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