[TheForge] Welding Copper ?

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

Rick;
Watch out for steel wool for this for 2 reasons..
1 it often comes with an oil based rust inhibitor which will mess 
with the solder wetting the copper...and
2. It will leave tiny steel fragments which can rust and mess 
with the patina that forms....PF

Rick wrote:
> Hey guys -
> 
>    Thanks for all the replys about welding copper.  I will probably go 
> with brazing when I get some rod, but  for a try out I soldered a leaf 
> to a vine and a tendril of different size wires.  The leaf is made out 
> of copper roof flashing  and is quite thin.  I took steel wool over it 
> to clean it before I shaped it, then after all was done, I clear coated 
> it.   (My wife likes the look of copper and she gets most of my tryouts.)
> 
>    I put 3 pictures of it in the "current works" folder on the Photo 
> Access site listed at the bottom of all our emails.  Feel free to 
> comment on it, my feelings won't be hurt as this is just a tryout and 
> since it worked, what else could I ask for?
> 
> 
> Yours,
> Rick Crawford at Rafter Lazy C
>  Home of Smoky Forge and Lem the Wonder Mule
>   In the middle of Northern Illinois
> 
>    http://www.smokyforge.com
>     rick at smokyforge.com
> 
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