this is my third time brazing, im taking a class in highschool right now and I think im getting the hang of it...
just look at the 2 nice beads not the rest...
BUTT and practice spots




yea I know im not that steady...


Modified by Profounder at 8:29 PM 3/14/2005

 

is say that theyre pretty good... considering how hard it is to braze... i hate how hot it gets being right next to it the whole time... granted i havent done it a whole lot, they blow mine away

 

thankyou!!

oh btw, I love EK9's !

 

Never tried it before but looks good to me. I would like to try brazing some time. I wish the high school I went to had classes like that.

 

now you can make some money for people with hf manifold that wants an external wastegate

 

Looks pretty good. It is very hard to get the hang of brazing right away. I have spent many many hours when I was in high school, trying to figure it out and mastering it. I only have a couple pointers for you. Try to get your base metals a little hotter before you start to add the filler. And one more thing, try to direction your torch in such a manner that you keep even heat through the edges of your base metal so you get a nice even looking braze all the way down the seam. If you get one spot hotter than the next your pool will start to spread out more like in some sections of your braze. Hope this helps you a little. P.S. Are you using a rod that has flux on it or are you using a bare rod and dipping it in powdered flux? Jason

 

Im using a flux coated rod and I just made much better beads today hopefully I can post pics of those soon. thanks for the replys

 

It's looking pretty good man. I personally like dipping the filler in the powdered flux. The flux always seems to crack of the coated ones and that annoys me. for brazing cuz it's fun.

 

Yep. That looks good. I'm no braze expert at all...all that I've done is a big bunch of soldering, so nothing like joining anything like steel ...those brazes are surprisingly similar to an arc (in general, not just stick) weld...

 

What kind of torch are you using? I had read that a MAPP gas torch from Home Depot would be hot enough, but I tried it the other day and I couldn't melt the brazing rod I had bought. could be the wrong rod too I guess.

 

Right. It's hot enough to do a couple of rods, but other than that, you need to invest in a dual bottle torch. You should be using something like a MAPP-Oxygen or maybe even acetyline-oxygen combination.

 

thats what im using, anyway on to tig....

 

mapp gas torches from home depot = the gheyness. oxly/actl baby

 

they look really good ive tried brazing b4 n it can be pain sometimes but nice brazing

 

They don't look too bad at all...Brazing was such a PITA to learn how to do, but it seems once you figure out how to keep the flux from boiling all over the plate it becomes alot easier

 

I have pics of much better ones I did today on 1\8th inch they look a lot better... ill get those up asap