Can you weld brass to steel

Talk to steve sells, he has made a pattern welded blade out of steel and brass or bronze. You'll learn tons from him! I consider the preparation of food less violent than that, but I suppose from the foods point of view Awesome work Steve, Thanks for the input. Looks like brazing may be the way to go. Steve sells made that blade.

And it's a pattern-welded blade as well. As I clearly stated in the gallery posting. I posted the photo because of the many statements assuming that it can not be done. Facts, and Photos speak louder than opinions. I thought is the best example so far of combining bronze and steel in a blade. The liquid brass enters through the pores of the steel and bonds with it I read this in a book, but never tried I believe about 20 years ago Ed Fowler was doing the DamBrasscus thing, along with claims of all sorts of added performance.

It fizzled and the truth was there was issues with the small steel wires absorbing detrimental elements and other problems. You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Paste as plain text instead. Only 75 emoji are allowed. Display as a link instead. Clear editor. Upload or insert images from URL. Share More sharing options Followers 1. Reply to this topic Start new topic. Recommended Posts. I thought this would be easy to find but I've searched here and Google. What, if anything, is OK to braze together brass and mild steel?

I figure regular brazing rod would melt at too high a temp. Metals need to be clean, a simple hearth of a few kiln bricks and its pretty easy to do with a good propane torch. Illinoyance , challenger , capocoreyollo liked this post. In salt water, the brass will corrode away.

It will stick nicely to the steel. It will wet the brass- although, if its a standard leaded brass, you will get some popping and bubbling, as the zinc and lead will melt out at pretty low temps. But I have some outdoor work that is in mild weather, where they dont salt the roads, and its far from the ocean, and the silicon bronze filler between brass and mild steel has lasted over a decade. I'm making a Manifold for a four burner grill.

The burners are four pipes and the Manifold will provide the propane to each burner. This is thin wall so not enough material for a good thread contact so the brazing idea came up. Non critical and no particular corrosiveness.

I guess I need to see what that Forney stuff is made of. I know I have some silver solder as well but I have forgotten the exact alloy. I bought it a while back to solder stainless mesh. Do not use the brazing rods intended for copper plumbing fixtures and other "red metals" with steel. This stuff has phosphorus in it which does no harm to copper alloys and helps out in several ways: lower temperature, higher fluidity, better fluxing.

Learning how to weld brass will come in handy for a wide range of applications that require low friction. Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc. A high brass can contain twenty to forty-five percent zinc. Using the metal arc process you can easily weld brass.

Key Takeaway: How to weld brass can be a complex process for welders of all skill levels due to the fact that copper and zinc have very different melting points. However, if you learn what percentage of zinc the brass contains prior to welding and you use the oxyacetylene welding process, you can easily learn how to weld brass to a base metal in just a few easy steps. Continue reading to learn just how simple welding brass can be. You can successfully weld brass via the arc welding process.

You can weld brass with aluminum bronze, silicon bronze, aluminum, or phosphor bronze electrodes. This is because the zinc content can easily be volatilized. When welding brass you also must use a flat position, which means no overhead work. Each type of process has its own pros and cons in terms of results and required skill. Using carbon arc welding can be done with filler rods that are the same composition as the base metal.

When you use this type of welding process, the way the metal is welded is similar to the way steel is bonded to bronze. Argon shielding, electrode positive, and direct current are commonly used. The tricky part here is to keep the weld puddle small, with a high travel speed. Stringer beads must also be used for ideal results.