brazing

WTB Mecco Midget Torch

copperjoe — Mon, 30 May 2011 10:30:33 -0500

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

Crucible

little doug — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 01:18:21 -0600

This is my first post to ArtMetal, I hope that you all like it!

"Crucible" is a found object assemblage sculpture that stands about 8" tall.

Pickling steel

crquack — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 20:41:52 -0500

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.

solid bulla

colin duncan — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:03:56 -0600

I've been doing versions of this shape in different materials over the years. This one is scrap components brazed in a green sand mold and ground smooth. I was casting around for ideas to present the shape sculpturally, frame or plinth for example were too intrusive, so I decided to give it a sort of nominal shelf.

Yet another n00b looking for help

thynk — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 02:27:30 -0500

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...

Waterfalling

warren — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:34:56 -0500

(yes you can comment here)

Trying to do something little different from my norm. Says somewhere out there that people like to have wall art so giving a little try at something here.

title: Waterfalling

Brazing rod

Dick Roberts — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:49:59 -0500

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

Jet -Fluxer

Dick Roberts — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 18:30:08 -0500

When I braze copper with oxyacetylene everything turns black. Someone said I should use a jet-fluxer. Does anyone know what a "jet-fluxer" is? Where do you get one?

Thanks for the help,
Dick

Tips on creating brass scale models

eric2575 — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 08:24:06 -0500

Hi all:

I'm a newcomer and would like some advice about tools and methods for working with brass rod and sheets to create scale models from four feet down to six inches. My first model will be a simple boat of about 10" length build with a 1/8" brass rod skeletal frame. I would like the finished boat to be highly polished and would really like to avoid silver joints. Does that mean brazing is my only option? Does anyone have experience with "yellow" solder? If I go the brazing route, will a mini or jeweler's torch do the job? How localized will the brazing spot be? Can I braze a part within an inch of a previously brazed part? What about silver solder, can that be applied without a big sliver spot on the joint? Is silver solder applied with a soldering iron exclusively, or can it also be applied with a torch? I really don't want to file away all the excess solder on every joint. Some of my models will have a large number of seams. Some will have intricate detail in brass, such as a ship's wheel down to about 1/4". I'm thinking that I might have to employ several different methods of joining the brass. All tips and recommendations are welcomed and appreciated.

My fireplace screen

warren — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 13:30:29 -0600

Well after fourteen years of putting up with an ugly black store bought fireplace screen it was time to make my own. I used some free brass or bronze door kick plates for the cladding. There is a frame work of steel underneath.