jvo
04-22-2005, 12:28 PM
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Lethbridge AB Canada
Posts: 190
In-line flux attachment for brazing.
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The fender is now repaired, and given back to its owner, thanks for the replies. Will, I've been told that paint doesn't stick too well to brazing, and I've never done any brazing myself. This is a topic I'd like to explore, though, a topic I'd really like for someone to elaborate on. I have a friend in Calgary, who's a mechanical engineer by trade, that raced a couple formula Fords for nine seasons. He used to, and still does, braze all his tubing joints, with what he calls an in-line flux torch attachment. It resembles a tig welded joint, and he claims it is extremely strong, as it doesn't change the parent metal's characteristics at all, i.e. no stress points. He claims the parent material beside the brazed joint will always break first. The finished joints really look nice, not like the brazing that local farmers have used for the past hundred years, before mig welders became popular. I've asked about this in-line flux attachment at the local welding stores, and they look at me like I grew another ear. Anyone done this before? Perhaps I should post this as a new topic. John V.O.
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Last edited by jvo : 04-22-2005 at 11:21 AM. Reason: Post as a new topic, please. This was originally in a post called Welding a cracked in fender. This is nothing I really plan on doing,(this in-line flux brazing thing), but my friend claims this is the best way to attach tubing joints, and he now builds high-end bicycle frames also, using this technique. I've merely been wondering about this for quite a few years, but have never seen anything else about it anywhere else. John V.O.
Location: Lethbridge AB Canada
Posts: 190
In-line flux attachment for brazing.
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The fender is now repaired, and given back to its owner, thanks for the replies. Will, I've been told that paint doesn't stick too well to brazing, and I've never done any brazing myself. This is a topic I'd like to explore, though, a topic I'd really like for someone to elaborate on. I have a friend in Calgary, who's a mechanical engineer by trade, that raced a couple formula Fords for nine seasons. He used to, and still does, braze all his tubing joints, with what he calls an in-line flux torch attachment. It resembles a tig welded joint, and he claims it is extremely strong, as it doesn't change the parent metal's characteristics at all, i.e. no stress points. He claims the parent material beside the brazed joint will always break first. The finished joints really look nice, not like the brazing that local farmers have used for the past hundred years, before mig welders became popular. I've asked about this in-line flux attachment at the local welding stores, and they look at me like I grew another ear. Anyone done this before? Perhaps I should post this as a new topic. John V.O.
__________________
Always try to look at a situation from the other person's perspective.
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Last edited by jvo : 04-22-2005 at 11:21 AM. Reason: Post as a new topic, please. This was originally in a post called Welding a cracked in fender. This is nothing I really plan on doing,(this in-line flux brazing thing), but my friend claims this is the best way to attach tubing joints, and he now builds high-end bicycle frames also, using this technique. I've merely been wondering about this for quite a few years, but have never seen anything else about it anywhere else. John V.O.