My muffler cover has some small cracks and I wanted to braze it. I had no rod so called around and the hardware stores don't carry it. The welding supply place requires you to buy one pound for $30. The aftermarket covers are less than that.
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I bought a pound of silicon bronze tig rod within the last year if came in a plastic tube thing that comes apart in the middle and cost $18 or so plus tax. Nothing seems to be price marked in a welding supply place I think they had the coated rod similarly packaged. Praxair I believe is the name of the company now. I don't even recall where I got my coated rod for torch use from, but it really has way too much flux for most anything I do. There is a can of flux with a little opening in the middle and a cap, bare rod heat it up stick it in the flux will make a lot less brightness so what you are doing is easier to see. Or knock the flux off and only make a bit stick back.
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I like the bare rods and granular flux as well, much better than the precoated mess.
OP, you might be able to get a single rod or two from a local welder or HVAC person if that is all you need.
I did check with a welding shop. They have hundreds of stick welding rod and a lot of wire for the wire feed and some steel sticks but they don't braze stuff now a days so no rod. mike
I try to keep some brass rod and gas in the tanks on hand. Some sticks for the stick welder.
PITA when you need those and you are out.
Was a little shocked at how muck brass rod has went up in price.
PITA when you need those and you are out.
Was a little shocked at how muck brass rod has went up in price.
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It has gone through the roof. I used to braze a lot with my students, but not anymore unless we have a repair project, we can't afford to burn mass quantities of bronze or gas.
You guys might try the Auto parts stores.
Body men do more brazing than welders. I've been surprised by how much welding supplies O'Reilly Auto keeps in their warehouse.
Body men do more brazing than welders. I've been surprised by how much welding supplies O'Reilly Auto keeps in their warehouse.
Too bad you're not local, I'd give you a brass rod.
I buy 99% of my welding supplies online. Even 44lb spools of MIG wire is half what it costs at the welding supply store, and delivered to my door, vs. an hour round trip to the local welding supply store. Same Forney or Hobart or whatever brand wire.
I buy 99% of my welding supplies online. Even 44lb spools of MIG wire is half what it costs at the welding supply store, and delivered to my door, vs. an hour round trip to the local welding supply store. Same Forney or Hobart or whatever brand wire.
My local Napa still sells them individually and I'd bet our local Carquest does too.
Ummm... Bill, that is aluminum brazing rod. Not what they are looking for, I think.
At O'Reilly auto: choose this search, and pick out what you like.
They have wide variety, but their prices suck.
https://www.oreillyauto.com/search?q=brazing
I repair most things with MIG and flux core wire now. Its not ideal for everything and not the strongest weld out there, but I can weld outside and with only one technique you get good at it. You can make any weld look pretty with a grinder. As you say the price of rods and gas isn't worth it. The gas always seems to be empty when I need it!
It was an example, they have a selection.........guess that slipped by ya.
As for price $0.69 I do not think that "sucks"
https://www.oreillyauto.com/detail/...eel-brazing-rod/fir0/14400433?q=brazing&pos=8
I've had some on craigs list for months with no luck .
https://sfbay.craigslist.org/nby/tls/d/petaluma-lbs-brazing-rod/7646889469.html
Erik.
https://sfbay.craigslist.org/nby/tls/d/petaluma-lbs-brazing-rod/7646889469.html
Erik.
Very few folks use it anymore.
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Not a lot of folks even know how to anymore, which is sad since it is so useful and easy to do.
Brazing is my favorite way to keep the end of a cut cable/wire rope from unraveling
When I started teaching we had a 6 station oxy/acetylene manifold unit. It was nice to have 6 young men an d women brazing at one time. I am betting it is long gone now.
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Some of the community colleges here do a good bit of it, but I don't know of any high school that does more than just touch on it.
I learned brazing in high school, but that was over 20 years ago.
Even today, I don't do any torch brazing, only TIG brazing. Not sure how well silicone bronze would work for torch brazing, I might not have had a rod I could give Rupedoggy after all, even if we were neighbors.
Even today, I don't do any torch brazing, only TIG brazing. Not sure how well silicone bronze would work for torch brazing, I might not have had a rod I could give Rupedoggy after all, even if we were neighbors.
