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08-19-2010, 01:19 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Thomasville, NC
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|  how much?? (brazing)
how much do i need to spend to start brazing?
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08-19-2010, 05:37 AM
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| On the lookout for Rocks   Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Monroe, Louisiana
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If your just starting, you need some extra to practice with. Saftey-Silv usually comes in Troy Ozs....so start with 1 T.O. and go from there.
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08-19-2010, 08:14 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Pueblo
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One Hundred Billion Dollars.... muah hahahahahahahahah........  |
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08-19-2010, 08:38 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Canada, eh.
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Do you mean for all the tools and supplies you'll need? If you're starting from scratch, you'll probably spend a couple hundred on getting everything you need (bender, MAPP torch head, MAPP gas, silver solder, flux, dremel, pliers, rulers, magnets, files, gloves, glasses, etc. etc.). If you have the basic assortment of handyman and rc related tools (such as a dremel), you'll probably spend around $100 or so ($10 for cheap bender, $40 for MAPP torch head, $10 for gas, $20 for solder, $10 for flux, $10 for welding magnet). Oh yeah, you also need to braze something together, so throw in the cost of brakeline  !
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08-19-2010, 01:16 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Hayesville
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Ok quick question. It goes along with the op question, do you need special goggles for brazing to protect your eyes?
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08-19-2010, 01:19 PM
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| Suck it up!   Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Arkansas
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The OP should ad a helmet to his shopping list though... | |
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08-19-2010, 01:56 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Scottsdale
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I did it for $100 to $150 dollars. Autolighting mapp gas torch head and gas for $60. Silver soder and flux for $75. $10 for solid rod from Home Depot. Real Costs: Bought the wrong torch head and gas - $30 Extra rod to pratice with - $30+ Bought the wrong soder (sp) - $20 I already had a vise, dremel, basic hand tools. Pretty much everything else beyond Silver, Flux, Torch, and metal makes life easier and safer. Just don't burn your house down. |
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08-20-2010, 02:39 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Thomasville, NC
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Ok thanks guy. I'll look into all this!
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08-20-2010, 04:17 PM
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08-20-2010, 05:34 PM
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08-20-2010, 07:24 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: home town marsing
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if your half blind in one eye and can't really see out the other then glass are optional, it's a must, you won't like the out come of long team use of not waring. with that said I would agree with it being around the $100 mark. myself went the expensive way, full size cutting rig $200 mini cutting tips $150 aectylene tank $150 $35 to refill. oxygen tank $200 $70 to refill. If I use this set up I can go about a winter on the tanks depending if I'm using it just for the rc's. Comes in handy not having to do the refill every other week with smaller bottles Quote:
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08-25-2010, 02:50 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: vegas
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I just gathered my supplies to start my first project last week. The only answer to the question is that cost is not important. Anything to get the job done and the part on the truck is acceptable.
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