How To Solder Brass Rod To Sheet Metal

Brass rod is given a coating to stop it tarnishing too quickly and this will interfere with the adhesion of the solder if it s left on.

How to solder brass rod to sheet metal.

Brass is commonly used as a decoration due to its bright gold like color. Riveting is the process of joining metal pieces together by using mechanical fasteners. Brazing is distinguished from welding because it uses an intermediary material usually a copper zinc alloy to join the two metal pieces rather than melting the pieces. Brass is an alloy made of various proportions of zinc and copper depending on the properties need in the application of the brass.

Steel stainless steel nickel alloys copper alloys cast iron. The brazing rod should be melted by the heat of the metal pieces being joined not by direct contact with the flame of the torch. Brazing rods depending on the material that you are brazing. Hard soldering on jewelry requires tighter joints and finer tolerances and the capillary action is the crux of the joint.

Use a silver solder also called plumbing solder. Butane torches also work. It is also harder and stronger than the more common lead solders. 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.

Because brass is a metal that offers both beauty and durability it has many uses. Recommended rods by metal type. Use a torch that produces a high intensity flame. Riveting is a very useful sheet metal joining technique.

This material has no cadmium lead or other undesirables. Low friction applications like locks doorknobs bearings ammunition zippers and valves. Brazing is a technique for joining pieces of metal together by filling the join between the two metal pieces with a molten intermediary metal. The process of soldering is actually nothing more than gluing two pieces of metal together with the solder being the glue.

Copper phosphorous brazing welding rods. When soldering brass blipvert uses a propane torch because this is the easiest way to join brass. Brass contains both copper and zinc and has a high melting point between 900 and 940 degrees fahrenheit.