[TheForge] Brass/Bronze brazing question

[Bruce Freeman]

Don,
Silver solder it.  The lower melting temp. of silver solder helps avoid
melting the base metal.
Bruce
NJ

>>> PlumDon at aol.com 6/16/2004 6:21:00 AM >>>
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
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