[TheForge] Brass/Bronze brazing question

[Bruce Freeman]

Don, 

Read http://www.handyharmancanada.com/TheBrazingBook/bbook.htm 

Silver soldering is brazing, at lower temp. than yellow-metal brazing. 


Andy's method of using sheet silver solder is standard in jewelry
making.  However, wire-form silver solder is also available, and it can
be used like standard solder or brazing rod - flowed into the gap.

Bruce
NJ

>>> PlumDon at aol.com 6/17/2004 9:41:35 AM >>>
Morning, Andy, et al


Kindest thanks for your suggestions re repairing the weather vane. I
will 
follow them to the letter. 

Couple questions, if you dont mind and I thought I would respond to the
list 
in case some others might also be interested in the answers

When you say 'finely divide', I take it you mean just clip off tiny
snips of 
the silver solder from the sheet, mix them in with the borax flux and
coat the 
joint?

What acid is good for pickling (cleaning up) the flux? I solder some
other 
items also, and have trouble getting them clean of flux and they rust
up on me. 
I would be interested in a pickle that would work well on steel and
brass.

I have been using Rio Ready Flux from Rio Grande for silver solder
flux. Do 
you have any experience with that...good or bad? For basic soft
soldering I 
have had poor results with several fluxes (especially the craftsman
stuff from 
Sears) until I started using Stay Clean. I use it with those little
60/40 
pellets, also from Rio Grande, and get really excellent results.

Thanks again for the help

Don

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