Fun TIG Brazing Project with Silicon Bronze

[@TheFabricatorSeries]

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[@tedundercarriage8183]

why didn't you show off the final result?

[@shorty808100]

I know a race car shop that tig brazes there Pro Mod chromoly steel chassis together it’s horrible they fall apart in a crash, a magnet will stick to stainless what you have there must be chromoly steel a magnet won’t stick to that

[@imyaaniggua]

i love your cup

[@TimWelds]

Awesome work, Justin! It was a ton of fun and a true honor to be part of it.

[@ryanbrown918]

What a great collab!

[@thechronicgeneralist]

Great to see your cameo!

[@benz-share9058]

Tim, a materials engineer once gave me a technical explanation of how glue actually works, and I think it applies to brazing just as well: Get a material to wet to both surfaces and harden. That makes it easy to differentiate from welding, which is melting both (hopefully compatible) base materials together for a fusion bond. For me, the tricky bit is starting the brazing, where I need to get the base metal hot enough to allow the bronze to melt and wet in, without melting the base metal. After that I can focus the heat on the bronze puddle. Justin makes it look a lot easier than it is for me!

[@TheFabricatorSeries]

It was so awesome working with you, Tim! Can't wait to see what else you produce on your channel, and hope we can collab again!

[@stanleybiaz]

Nice to see you, @TimWelds, in Justin's video!

[@jacob.woodward]

A trick I found for getting sharp even lines when I plan on grinding down the braze is to fully weld the parts together then take a die grinder with a cut off wheel and make a groove along the edges using the wheel to keep the width the exact same, then add in the braze how ever sloppy it needs to be with a rather cold arc to insure I don’t melt the base metal at all and then grind it all down smooth, leads to there being a perfect line of bronze with sharp edges.

[@HarmonRAB-hp4nk]

brazing is sticking metal together with weak metal... zero penetration because brazing uses a torch... NOT A WELDER.. and it isnt used anymore

[@h3avym3tals69]

Silicone bronze was the best filler I used when i first learned. Its really forgiving as far as technique is concerned. It gave me a chance to get some false confidence and get over the i give up hump.

[@skiptastic1000]

Great video, used this process yesterday on some vintage waterlines on a 10M+ 1963 Ferrari 250 Spyder

[@gremlin3362]

Dude. When I saw him punch timwelds in the promo I was blown away!!! Not even selling himself and not baiting clout for being a “good guy”. Keep up the good work brother! I love it!

[@deathsicon]

Neat project idea, one trick I heard when I started welding was when you light up to braze, pedal till you get a small puddle, then back off to the puddle goes solid them start with the filler, it worked well enough on the only job I've used brazing on

[@nateyoder9372]

With the rust and the dissimilar metals being brazed you added something different to an otherwise pretty simple design. Love it.

[@austinshaw9446]

I’ve been doing this for the last 6 months at my job and I’m Now learning what I’m actually doing. That’s crazy, now I know the name of a new skill I didn’t know I had. Crazy

[@chuckcawthon3370]

Incredible metal / chemistry lesson. Fascinating finished piece.

[@wegder]

I used to do a lot of emergency repairs to copper high frequency welding components using silver brazing rods, they flowed very well and it was super quick.

[@chriso1373]

I just used some SilliB last night to make a non-marring, extended punch for driving out axle bearing races. Tig brazing can definately be a practical tool as well as artsy.

[@flyguy437]

Thanks Justin. I'm really learning a lot from you!

[@DirkVissers]

Whoa 0:37 very nice touch on that hidden message there buddy. Very nice!

[@DirkVissers]

And another one @ 1:42 what a way to plug something you are not really plugging but in reality you are haha

[@atomichydrogenweld2823]

love the new Intro...Bravo....cheers from Florida, Paul

[@xxitz_pr0gxx631]

Dude, this little project turned out awesome!!!

[@Ma_X64]

Not so long ago I was doing this kind of things with my key. That key for my home door lock. It was copied quite bad so continuously stucks while locking/unlocking door. And last time it made me mad and I just grabed a TIG torch, silver-coper-phosphorus brazing stick and brazed-off all the grooves on that key. And then it took about an hour and a half to make the grooves back little-by-little continuously fitting it trying to turn the key in the lock.

[@jondavidmcnabb]

I would love to visit your shop when I get out to Vegas. Cool projects galore!

[@wcmwfab935]

One of the few I see do things right. Thanks for that.

[@cybercomputerized2074]

Finishing up a sculpting class for a fine art degree and all we've been doing is working with silicon bronze. That stuff gets super hot, but it's really easy to weld due to the way it conducts heat. It's super hard too.

[@wadepatton2433]

Seems this will be a great way to rekindle my brazing with a flame skills/passion. I made my bikes that way a few years back. Nice piece. I'm going to try the rust recipe now for a non-welding project that requires "patina". One can create pitted steel with hot bleach (very dangerous and stinky) be careful out there.

[@grege2383]

Very cool - I recently made a 7 1/2" square shelf out of jam nuts using fusion welds on the under side.

[@jeffowens8722]

Great video Justin, I like how it turned out too

[@joshbuck5877]

That looks amazing Justin 👏

[@stacee101911]

Sometimes I just sit n watch while having a beer while you teach me how to practice😂

[@caseyroman58]

Once got in a bind swapping out a dying Chevy 305 for a running 350 salvaged from a van. Brother had limped his '82 Camaro in from Texas to Florida and only had a weekend to visit dear 'ol Mom and swap out the engine. Of course, things were not exactly plug and play on several fronts and the SS line from the steering pump did not fit. Being 2am on the day he had to start the drive back, ended up cutting up old and new SS lines and MIG welding them together with ER70-S2 to achieve a fit. It was all we had to work with at the time. Told him this was a metalurgical bad idea and it could fail at any time, but it might get him back to Texas where a proper new line should be sourced immediatedly. He drove the car as was for several more years before he sold it, butchered PS line and all. I was surprised to learn that that the welded line held for all that time. Not advocating doing something like that, just a story of what was. Currently learning to TIG weld and it is not as easy the pros make it look. Many thanks to TFS for all the fine tutorials. Now it comes down to a lot of practice and many an ugly weld.

[@octymocty132]

Love sil bronze low settings and easyflow and less cleaning nice copper colour and just as nice as stainless when that shows its colour ( golden ) May I suggest you try tig welding led if your playing sil bronze as that was another skill I learned when I used to make x Ray gear

[@jacksmith2315]

I dont think its a good idea to practice with lead unless its something you're actually going to do. Very dangerous stuff breathing in those fumes no?

[@grnsouth1204]

@@jacksmith2315 Respirator goes without saying.

[@MontclairWrestler112]

Arigato sensei. You are so rad for putting out videos like this.

[@Kevin-vg4hu]

Silicon Bronze is a good filler for rust patches and quarter/rocker panel seams when doing body work.

[@latenttweet]

So cool. How about a video on that grind table setup ?

[@jacksmith2315]

That was pretty cool. At first i was thinking leave the welds/braze joints, i always like the look of the welds better than when they are ground down smooth. But in this case, idk, they both look equally as cool, especially with the contrast with the silconbronze

[@tonyscott8126]

Can't wait for my class in May!

[@jasoncampbell4723]

A nice bit of sarcasm I haven’t seen out of you for quite a while. Refreshing

[@Notso.Chinsee]

That was fun to see the process and finish.

[@InformatrIIcks]

That mug at 3:58 earned you a like 😂

[@braylon3233]

that turned out brilliant! congrats on 500k subscribers

[@Neishy4AGTE]

Usually brazing is done by bringing the base metal temperature up to where the filler will melt, not so much heating the filler only, like with using a torch. Interesting that you say you shouldn’t heat the base metal with the arc, not saying that’s wrong though. Silicone bronze brazing can look very nice though so maybe a bit more to it than this.

[@abnerramos9896]

Love the unbalance color look !!!

[@EZ_shop]

Very cool project, might have to give it a try myself. Ciao, Marco.

[@wallbawden5511]

just like the way you explain stuff and do stuff great piece love your work

[@RJStylee]

you are the first youtube welder/fabricator to admit, however indirectly, that you can weld with Silicon Bronze. I can't tell you how many arguments that i have gotten into with so called master welders and welding school teachers on the topic.

[@bufordhighwater9872]

He specifically says multiple times that he's not welding. He's brazing. He even explains the difference between welding and brazing. The silicon bronze doesn't weld with either of the base. It wets just like silver solder would. He just happens to be using a TIG welder and technique to perform the brazing, instead of heating the base metals with (probably) an oxy/acetylene torch.

[@Dziugenonas]

@@bufordhighwater9872 Someone didn't watch the video until the end. Listen 9:38

[@AlexanderBurgers]

Brazing is called hard-soldering in Dutch, which I think is a term that really covers what's going on.

[@adambergendorff2702]

Another excellent video!

[@derekstarkjr5128]

Learning was fun. Thanks.

[@argonandmustard5117]

Love your content man! You videos helped me get started on my venture into tig welding.

[@RichardBronosky]

Looks like the steel filler wire on the stainless based did not rust as expected. Am I correct?

[@stevesloan6775]

It would be great if you could do a "where are they now" video, and include the de-chromed re-chromed cast aluminium Harley Davidson bracket repair. : )

[@stevoryan5730]

I really enjoy your content mate just curious what ever happened to the mighty max build you started a while back

[@bence.gabor.slezak]

I feel like there was a bit of This Old Tony in this video.

[@ranchero50]

I want to try this on a old rust pitted cam I have to see how it wears.

[@rugby-freak69]

What an amazing video!

[@ifell3]

Great video! I know I've used lye to clean up aluminium parts before anodising them, wonder if this would help clean the parts instead of using lots of disc's?

[@samatcernics]

Hi how are you? I think I have watched every video you have ever put out and love it....I myself want to get into the tig welding (I went to school to weld but that was forever ago and honestly I'll be starting all over again) but the reason I'm writing is my 10 year old daughter wants to be a welder and take the course in our local tech school, I really want her to excel and go in and smoke the class lol...long story short do or would you be able to have her as a complete beginner in any kind of course you offer?

[@trol_4820]

How do you get into the custom automotive industry?I have my qualification in Australia as a Boilermaker/Welder or in other terms Fabricator/Welder. I worked for an autobody builder but that wasn't quite it. Ngl it's fun building custom 4x4 barwork

[@dolphincliffs8864]

The damn things are wicked strong!

[@SciFiMind]

Grest video Justin. Inspired me to go try tig brazing again. Just tried for the first time last week to repair a cast iron hand plane that had crack. Sib refused to wet out. Acted like solder without flux. Anyone here have any advice?

[@blackout7615]

Try AC. For me I had better luck.

[@chrisdonner2910]

would it be OK to citric acid passivate that part to remove the iron contamination from the stainless?

[@slimsqde7397]

how did you get into that feild of welding, thats like one of my dream jobs but idk how to get there. any tips, or would be sick if you made a video on what you do

[@afmakes4179]

"Ugly is temporary". You sir have never gazed upon my mug.

[@deeiks12]

Awesome idea!

[@benc8386]

Great piece! I don't think those brazes were ugly. It's quite hard to stack dimes with that stuff I think because it's slow to cool (although it can be done)

[@jhowse19801]

Nice work! 👍💎👊

[@martinshrume4839]

Can you use 9%nickel bronze as a filler rod (old formula 1 race car space frame used this filler rod with oxy)

[@Cat-tv5di]

How did this make it to my recommended? Oh i know! Its bc he has great content!!

[@smithjohn3080]

lower/proper heat produces better bead appearance aswell as a larger argon cup

[@JeSsSe66]

The silicone gag killed me

[@CH-Kiteboarder]

can you electro polish some CNS sheets "weldet" with cusi3?🤯

[@eligavia]

I know more about aluminum welding but is there a reason you space your welds farther apart than what I’m use to?

[@ircimager]

did brazing for hvac for 20 years

[@zakshah3480]

Anyone know where I can learn how to make that figure at 1:12?

[@griftopherhitchens9926]

Awesome, new vid!

[@outdoorzone]

Been waiting on this video! Silicon bronze is kool shit! It comes on a roll for mig welding as well! I been experimenting with it! I look at it like your gluing metal together! It’s strong as well!

[@peterj.1960]

Please don't hate. I'm genuinely asking bc I don't know and want to learn. Is this similar to soldering a joint more than welding?

[@grnsouth1204]

Haha love the Treasure of Nadia intro music.

[@bluedemonweld]

Well done 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@Wooden-u4k]

Me gustaría saber cómo o podrías pasarme el link para comprar el bronce silicio por favor para poder soldar

[@ls2005019227]

Great video Justin- I started TIG brazing SilBro on DC, which was sluggish, scummy, & hard to wet.....& then discovered AC; which works better (for me) for both SilBro & ALBro. Give it a try. Thanks again for another great video-

[@user-np1nq6tg1g]

Wait your in Vegas?

[@3ORICUA]

Hello, I have been interested in welding for a very long time but have never pulled the trigger to get classes. I have been wondering about the different welding units and came across laser welders. Is this something that would be an alternative or is this strictly for pros and extreme fabrication?

[@steffore1]

Great info 👍🏽

[@justinblake7355]

I have always thought of brazing like hot glue. Here is an interesting question. Is hot gluing technically a type of brazing? I know it isn't metal, but they use the term welding for plastic welding, so can you call hot gluing "rubber brazing"?

[@benz-share9058]

I like the hot glue analogy. Even seems technically accurate to me.

[@andrebartels1690]

Plastic welding is real welding, because you combine two parts of the same material by melting them together and maybe add some of the same material. If you're careful enough with your torch, you can oxy-acetylene weld plastic. But a hot air gun works way better here. Vice versa, a hot air gun will probably only work for welding lead or so. So, hot-glueing plastic could be called plastic brazing, yes. But I guess only anoraks would call it so. Guess I've learnt a new term 😊

[@Wooden-u4k]

Cuanto amperaje utilizo para soldarlo con bronce silicio

[@austingtir]

My silicone bronze brazes were looking like this until I played around with my settings and figured out if you pulse at about 1.3 to 1.6 pulses per second at the right amps for the material thickness you get really nice stacked dimed shiny appearance with the silicone bronze. Without the pulse silicone bronze just welds like absolute chit seems to get dirty real easy or thats my experience anyway.

[@alexanderstefanxandraswedi5835]

Good job sharing

[@ghffrsfygdhfjkjiysdz]

instead of rusting it you could have used black iron oxide on the non-stainless steel. If you boil it in water the red rust will transform to black on molecular level, but will still be weak and porous like red/brown rust usually is, but will look black like magnetite.

[@sjorsdewit9394]

5:30 thisoldtony reference?

[@nickalfonso8616]

What's the strength like at the joints? I've always wanted to learn to weld to make custom car parts for myself but due to a recent medical issue I cant get near a welder. Is this a good alternative? A lot of the data online is conflicting.

[@Dziugenonas]

@@jimhabsfan I know cracked cast iron bench vices are repaired by brazing, so it must be quite strong.

[@TheBrokenLife]

Before you sanded it down it sort of reminded me of the look of leaded glass, then once you rusted it it sort of does again. Pretty cool project.

[@colbymason8054]

They make a chemical cleaner to get rid of the steel contamination on the stainless steel.

[@flpmlks5181]

i made a forget thing for my flower bed behind the house. intent was to make a tree, but it´s an art, because i don´t know, what that actually is :D

[@jamesendsley1560]

You can also use an oxy acetylene torch or even a HHO torch what the fine nozzle under oxy-acetylene for brazing ialert oxy-acetylene brazing oh high school that was the first thing he looked made us do in Auto Body before even let us touch a welder

[@JTL-DK]

Been tig welding steel with stainless filler with no problems, it will still rust a bit tho, but it works just fine for what i needed :-)

[@InchFab]

But you're using 309, right?

[@jacobhughes7965]

Exotics lookin mad different

[@HarmonRAB-hp4nk]

for anyone that want to know what brazing actual is is basiccy heating the metal with a TORCH and using a rod to melt and basically STICK them together, brazing isa extremely weak and not used anymore giving Mig is so much easier, faster and stronger.

[@ifitsnotbrokenfixit1193]

nicely done.

[@jamesfoo8999]

"Hey how about a hand job"? - "Dude, I just found these goggles ffs" 😁

[@geocentric2478]

So it’s basically soldering?

[@thebrownmate]

What happened to that truck you was building?

[@furikglobal2633]

Хорошая работа!

[@hilltroneye]

Love your channel