[TheForge] Brass/Bronze brazing question

[PlumDon at aol.com]

A friend has brought over a W and arm that has broken off his weather vane. 
It appears to be brass or bronze and has an obvious large crystaline structure 
evident in the break. The weather vane depicts a carpenter motif with a man 
sawing wood. He would like me to braze it back on. 

I'm leery of undertaking this. It looks to me like it was cast and I dont 
know if you can successfuly braze cast bronze...or whatever it is. The piece is 
about 3/16-1/4" thick. I'm inclined to think it would be best to patch it back 
together with a couple pieces of brass on each side and four rivets to hold it 
in place. But I dont really know. 

Any suggestions much appreciated.


Don Plummer
Plummer Design Works
392 Hallman Mill Road
Phoenixville, PA 19460
610-495-5058