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02-12-2008, 09:44 PM | #1 |
Rock Stacker Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: westminster
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| is brazing the same as soldering?
like is says, is brazing the same as soldering. would the solder work? cause i have hundreds of dollars worth of solder. just wondering if that would work.
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02-12-2008, 09:49 PM | #2 |
Dirt Addict Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Stumblin' thru the parking lot of an invisible 7-Eleven
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No....soldering uses softer materials that generally melt at lower temps and are not as strong as brazing materials. Soldering will work if you want to work with brass tubing, but brass is relatively weak and heavy. Jay |
02-16-2008, 12:42 PM | #3 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: grand rapids
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Silver solder such as safety silv 45 works very good. Plumbing type solder, see roktoy's answer.
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02-16-2008, 04:04 PM | #4 |
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Brazing and soldering are, in effect, the same thing - just at different temps. In both processes you're joining two items through capillary action with a filler metal when you braze or solder. Brazing requires higher temps than soldering and is done with a filler that usually has a higher tensile strength than "solder". You can reheat a brazed or soldered joint and the two pieces can be removed from one another. |
02-16-2008, 04:26 PM | #5 | |
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02-16-2008, 07:19 PM | #6 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Tucson
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solder is way too soft for frame structures. brazing and soldering are basicly the same from a process standpoint. But a good rule of thumb is higher the melting temp = stronger weld joints. this only applies in brazing/soldering.
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02-16-2008, 07:28 PM | #7 | ||
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Welding actually fuses the two parts together with a filler to form one piece. | ||
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