I am looking to buy a Mecco Midget torch body or a Victor J-40 body torch. If anyone has one for sale then please let me know. I would like to have tips also if you have them.

Thanks,

Copperjoe

I have had little luck finding information on this topic. I did a search on a couple of fora as well as Google and I am still not sure I have the answers.

Briefly, I silver-solder small pieces of mild steel. The problem is cleaning them afterwards. The discolouration is quite pronounced. I understand that pickling is the answer and much has been written on pickling jewellery after soldering. However, little detail is available on pickling steel.

I ran across this site while doing a google search on how to join steel with copper. I'm VERY new to metal working - in fact I'm still experimenting. I make chain mail (chainmaille if you like it spelled that way) and a friend gave me an assortment of copper wire scraps. Some of the stuff he gave me was far too heavy (10ga) for use in anything I make, so I got to playing around and made a copper ring by flattening the wire (okay, bashing the living crap out of it) with a hammer and making it roughly ring shaped over a broom handle (only the HIGH tech tools used here). NEAT STUFF! Every night, I'd think of something new to try, including using some steel wire (16ga) that I found here in what was my dad's studio. This is why I have some questions...

Has anyone ever used a phoson/copper rod 0% silver for brazing copper?

I was reading about them and it seems like the fumes that come off of the phospherous are harmful if breathed.

Dick