Choosing you solder \ brazing material

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Choosing you solder \ brazing material

Postby reknaw » Mon Jun 20, 2011 5:34 pm

This is very interesting reading, I used the benzomatic solder and was putting to much heat into it and had problems when using the t8000 torch. Switched to brazing, needs more heat but I found it heaps easier but it's a little ugly to look at (used it for the coldfinger so not a concern for me)

I have done next to nothing with copper so I was glad to find this when the bloke at the welding supply place put me onto it.

I'm not advocating a particular brand this is just good reading when it talks about solder content and the PhosCopper etc
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Re: Choosing you solder \ brazing material

Postby Heffers » Mon Jun 20, 2011 5:45 pm

Missing a link Spud :?:
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Re: Choosing you solder \ brazing material

Postby reknaw » Mon Jun 20, 2011 5:58 pm

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Re: Choosing you solder \ brazing material

Postby Heffers » Mon Jun 20, 2011 7:02 pm

I'm having trouble with the link, anyone else getting through?
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Re: Choosing you solder \ brazing material

Postby Kimbo » Mon Jun 20, 2011 7:09 pm

No problem here ;)
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Re: Choosing you solder \ brazing material

Postby busman » Tue Jun 21, 2011 7:41 am

I used the BOC ProSilver 45T for the stainless to copper soldering on my still. Works great, but shit it's expensive ($45 for two 500mm rods :shock: )
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Re: Choosing you solder \ brazing material

Postby QLD.Andy » Sun Jul 03, 2011 4:18 pm

Heffers wrote:I'm having trouble with the link, anyone else getting through?

Have you got acrobat reader installed?
http://www.adobe.com/products/reader.ht ... M_ID=11600
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Re: Choosing you solder \ brazing material

Postby Heffers » Sun Jul 03, 2011 6:20 pm

QLD.Andy wrote:Have you got acrobat reader installed?
http://www.adobe.com/products/reader.ht ... M_ID=11600


Yeah, it just tells me that internet explorer cannot display this page.

Cheers, Heffers
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Re: Choosing you solder \ brazing material

Postby torry73 » Wed Aug 10, 2011 2:30 pm

busman what if any flux did you use with ProSilver 45T
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Re: Choosing you solder \ brazing material

Postby busman » Wed Aug 10, 2011 2:37 pm

None mate, the rods have a flux coating on them
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Re: Choosing you solder \ brazing material

Postby torry73 » Wed Aug 10, 2011 7:04 pm

Thanks, forgot to ask did you use oxy or or mapp gas to braze it.
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Re: Choosing you solder \ brazing material

Postby crozdog » Wed Aug 10, 2011 7:31 pm

I don't have the gear to braze so use Harris Staybrite solder (I think it is staybrite) http://www.harrisproductsgroup.com/en/P ... ite-8.aspx

I use it with harris stayclean flux http://www.harrisproductsgroup.com/en/P ... -Flux.aspx

I've read that they will join copper to stainless but haven't tried yet.

Bought em online off ebay / a welding supplies place in the US
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Re: Choosing you solder \ brazing material

Postby busman » Thu Aug 11, 2011 4:59 am

torry73 wrote:Thanks, forgot to ask did you use oxy or or mapp gas to braze it.


MAPP, but if you have oxy it'd be easier - I ended up needing a second torch and the help of a mate, we used one torch on the outside of the joint and the other on the inside, it was the only way we could get the copper hot enough to melt the 45T
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Re: Choosing you solder \ brazing material

Postby crozdog » Fri Aug 12, 2011 10:05 am

checkid in the shed yep it is staybrite 8 - it has a higher silver content compared to staybrite. Got it from http://www.weldfabulous.com/Harris-Stay ... 29857.html

found some good info on brazing & soldering http://www.harrisproductsgroup.com/~/me ... ering.ashx
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