How To Braze Sheet Metal Together

Heat the joint where the two pieces of metal will meet.

How to braze sheet metal together. It s just heating the metal then touching the metal with the brazing rod to see if the rod starts melting everything together. In most cases an overlapped joint will be stronger and braze together easier than a. How to braze metal apply emery cloth or wire brush to scrape the metal surface. Then clean the surfaces using a degreaser or soapy water.

The heat of the metal will melt the filler into the area needing the repair. Typically an overlapped joint will be sturdier and braze together simpler than a. In this video i will be brazing steel for another project which will be uploaded to my channel as well as a piece of brass using supplies which yield excell. Brazing produces a much stronger joint than soft soldering but requires greater heat from oxy acetylene flame.

The previous video i posted on brazing got enough constructive criticism i decided to redo the audio and point out the mistakes i made while brazing. Glow the joint where two metal sections. Brazing may be defined as hard soldering. In this example i m making some candlesticks welding copper to aluminum.

Then clean the surfaces using soapy water or a. There are many materials that can be used to make the filler metal. Apply the filler metal by running a brazing rod along the crack or the joint. Brazing is a method of joining metals by the use of a fusible alloy consisting largely of brass and melting at a temperature above 600 c.

Since the oxygen and acetylene are stored individually you have more control over the torch s flame. Before welding the brass find out the zinc content of the material you are going to weld because zinc has a lower melting point than copper. Now position the metal properly. Steps use the wire brush or emery cloth to scuff the surface of the metal.

Another method used to join pieces of metal together is brazing. Apply this paste to the areas on the metal pieces that will be joined using the brush. Mix a small amount of flux with water to form a paste. Place the two metal pieces on the rotating table.

Typically that would be very difficult to do but with this system it s very easy. Use an oxyacetylene torch in most instances to weld brass. Brazing is a similar method to soldering and welding and requires the metal to be melted so they can be joined. Rest them on top of pieces of firebrick so they are held above the surface of the rotating table.