[TheForge] soldering v brazing v welding (fyi)

[xlch58 at swbell.net]

Oddly, they were called lead burners rather than lead welders.....

Charles

Mike Porter wrote:

>Hochewa,
>First of all, nice lucid comments. However, as to the ironic question at the
>end, it would have to be changed to "now is it soldering or welding" since
>brazing by definition happens at way too high a heat for lead :-) There are
>(or at least were) certified lead welders in some naval shipyards, and
>probably one of them could carry this thread further. My first welding
>instructor was a retired atomic welder (that's what they're called) out of
>the Bremerton Naval Shipyard; he died the very next year.
>Mikey
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