Welding Brass to steel

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[@billcarlson1730]

Best videos on KZbin. Greg is teaching class and he don't even know it! LOL! Thanks man!

[@troubleis5271]

You are spot on there!

[@dirtfarmer7472]

He & Issac IC Weld always teaching, teaching all we need to do is learn.

[@rogarmadz]

My oldest son got into welding back in 1999 he was welding 36" pipe, with in 5 years he was making twice my pay. I was making aircraft body panels for Bell helicopters. I worked inside climate controlled buildings,He was envious of my job, I was envious of his GREAT PAY! HE RETIRED EARLY HE'S 56 YEARS OLD NOW!

[@MrRebar15]

*On Fire Welding* Bravo well done, thank-you sir for taking the time to bring us along. GOD Bless.

[@victorjeffers1993]

Always good to watch your videos never boring as your always working on different equipment in different locations ! Always something different ! I was surprised Jacob wasn't along but I understand you have more than one job going at same time ! Thanks for the video stay safe and God Bless you & your family !

[@brendanleo4665]

Mate no word of a line I'm in mining in Australia and I am doing this same job on the same machine never welded brass to steel this is a huge help thank you so much

[@terrminatoragain461]

That’s why I love these KZbin channels,so many different processes of repairs/manufacturing Thanks for the video, very informative

[@derekh0322]

Great work. I've done 12 sets of those v seat liners on our cones. We use an aluminum-bronze wire. The factory install procedure tell you to preheat the steel v seat to 300+ degrees before welding

[@jeffreywhitmoyer860]

The electrode is probably E or ERCuAl-A2. A little preheat is probably helpful, it may improve the bond and depending on the alloy of steel used, prevent cracking.

[@raycollington4310]

The Master works his magic again. Lovely job on this one. Thank you

[@Skyrider12]

Good video. I'm an old industrial commercial plumber and if you know how to weld the world is your oyster! just bought my youngest son a multiprocessor so he can practice when he's home. he's trying to get an apprenticeship with Hobart, too early to tell, but he's gonna be good with proper training. gonna watch this with him tonight. thanks for putting this out there!

[@davidfleishman2275]

Great work there.I learned something new today.Thanks.

[@Parastorm.]

I too always keep my guard on my grinder, until the first time I need to take it off.. Great work as always.

[@jaymarshall7632]

I'm Glad I found your channel. Keep them coming!!

[@crbrepairmotorcycles6608]

Thanks for the welcome back ,never gets boring watching you whistle while you work😅 All the gold in California is in a bank in Beverly Hills

[@MarvUSA]

That's a first for me using that wire. Worked out pretty good. Thanks for sharing with us.

[@peters4067]

I’ve only started the video but, This is a cone crusher, HP400 or 500 as you say. That big piece on the ground is the support bowl. The bits off brass is the mainframe seat liner, and they’re brazed/ welded onto the mainframe. The big rams are the tramping cylinders with accumulators. I work with two HP300’s regularly

[@lloydprunier4415]

Thanks I was wondering what this was part of. I've seen people TIG braze before but this is the first I've seen using brass wire in MIG. So much to learn about this stuff.

[@AK2I47]

Great to have you back

[@scottsession7789]

Neat process, thanks for bringing us along. Scott

[@rudyrivera7426]

I learned something new today! Thanks!Greg! For sharing! Awesome video!👌👍

[@chaser9889]

Cool time lapse with the clouds! I always appreciate a good view while working

[@alseip4418]

I did a lot of TIG Brazing on certain race cars ( Classic Rally Racers ) I think that Bentley and Roles Royce are the only ones that still do their seams that way but they use mig process...Spool of that stuff is crazy high priced

[@raulrubio2862]

The Goat back at it again with another one! Nice job Greg! Definitely a lot faster than tig brazing it that’s for sure

[@lifeisbeautiful1556]

Great insights and handful of learning experience through ur videos. Looking forward to more. Cheers ❤

[@mikec6831]

That wire makes a great looking weld, thank you for sharing!

[@ypaulbrown]

very strange seeing plasma arcing with no sparks.....love the snow on the mountains......

[@ragnarironspear1791]

Your videos are always interesting 👍🏻👍🏻🇬🇧

[@BruceBoschek]

Very interesting. Thanks for another "tutorial." :-) I got bit by a grinder doing that. It took 2 months to completely heal.

[@nickj2508]

I always learn something new in your videos. 👍🏻👍🏻

[@JonDingle]

That was very interesting indeed young man. A job well done too!

[@ShEdward876]

Great job, good to see a grinder with it's guard fitted. I know someone who's brother got half a 9 inch cutting disc stuck in their arm. Don't risk it.

[@HammondOfTexas0]

I watched another video, I think it was for masonry, but they had a wheel so large on the grinder that it partially covered the trigger (but still left room for your fingers)

[@robewan]

Looks like a machine from NASA, always look forward to your vids m8, spot on brother

[@glenngosline3303]

Greg I am coming to California to bne your apprentice. You have so much talent. All I am is just a old pipe welder.

[@McNeillWelding]

Greg you the man brother thanks for sharing

[@ls2005019227]

Mig-brazing. I have tig brazed with silicon bronze and aluminum bronze, but haven't tried mig. Yet. I need to get a spool of silbrz. For some applications, I'd actually prefer AL-Brz......but it's so ridiculous expensive, & I'm not sure why- Excellent video & repair!

[@justinharris4350]

Top notch workmanship.

[@terryperrott9913]

I've never heard of welding these two different materials together, fascinating

[@ShainAndrews]

Gotta like the nice straight forward jobs when they show up. Never ran that filler material through a MIG, always TIG.

[@frfrpr]

The finished product looks good

[@Stan_in_Shelton_WA]

you meant to say great!, right?

[@dennisthomsett9468]

awesome work love your vids

[@johnbichell8023]

Very interesting. Never seen that technique before.

[@gleaseman]

The grinder guard 🤣

[@NathanVogt]

Nice job.

[@R.E.HILL_]

Nice one... although I was hoping for some half inch rebar... must keep on watching I guess... 😉🙂👍

[@OFW]

There will be more of that coming up.

[@a-fl-man640]

interesting. i tried to tig weld steel to aluminum once using two filler rods, needless to say it was unsuccessful. that looks good. interesting elevated tanker there, simplifies the relocation, never seen that before.

[@ÁREAJ27]

Olá amigo caompanhando seus trabalhos!!!Muito bom trabalho como sempre, e boa sorte!!!

[@jeremyhanna3852]

I have used carbon dioxide to plasma cut copper worked pretty good much cleaner edge

[@williamthomas9463]

Thanks for filming this. I guess I had heard of this process before but never actually seen it. Everyone on KZbin focuses on TIG welding with silicon bronze. It appears to run fairly well though but I’m sure you’ve run it before.

[@OFW]

I have a couple hundred hours of tig brazing experience. I was impressed with how well it worked in the mig.

[@tomking5822]

Nice job

[@ypaulbrown]

Brass, A:s or Grass, nobody welds for free....good stuff Greg, cheers, Paul over in Florida

[@Hey_Its_That_Guy]

You get some really interesting jobs in some remote locations, Greg. Very cool! What does that machine do? A rock crusher of some sort?

[@OFW]

Yes, after the jaw crusher it goes through the cone crusher. Unfortunately they had it all tore apart and I couldn’t really explain it to you guys.

[@Hey_Its_That_Guy]

@@OFW Understood, no worries. Thanks for the reply!

[@ranjitsian5481]

Good job 👍

[@user-yr5ee9vm9e]

Great Vid 👍👍👍👍

[@harkbelial]

That's some big lathe for machining that ring💪💪💪

[@Look_What_You_Did]

Losers use emojis.

[@deepwinter77]

Hey Greg, have heard of Piher clamps i definitely recommend them fir your line of work much better then the Bessy style imo. There made in Europe Spain, they have a double threaded screw mechanism which increases the pressure you can apply by hand. They really are way ahead of the bessy clamp especially for stuff you need ti squeeze together. Piher Maxipress R is the 6inch throat depth one comes in various lengths.

[@OFW]

I have seen them. Maybe I’ll give them a try.

[@timb9998]

Another " FAB " job

[@brokenarrow2835]

I have a 10 lb. tube of 1/8 brass welding rods someone gave me 30 years ago. They are a whole lot different than welding with 7018"s

[@tomking5822]

Did a lot of manganese bronze welding works great on stee

[@merkyworks]

Nice!

[@haydenc2742]

alpha brass..more corrosion resistant...higher copper content, more red than "gun brass" Awesome stuff! Keep em coming!!!!

[@matthewryan2973]

Just did a job like this, this past summer. I hate cone crushers lol

[@richardbrown2447]

Yep your good

[@DIRTDUMMY1]

Have a Nordberg cone crusher that has a similar setup... Royal Crown stick electrodes are available when that's your only option.

[@frankroden8233]

I never seen Brass welded before. I thought because of the melting point of brass, and the melting point of steel. Would conflict with each other. Therefore not getting a good clean weld. ..Nice work !!!

[@carl4043]

It's not welding, it's brazing. The base steel is not melted. It's a coalescing process like soldering

[@woodartist2021]

Silicon bronze wire I have never seen used. Thanks Greg for showing the process! I’m learning from your videos, and am truly appreciative of the work you put into these. Good to see that MM220 being used with the new 800. Great combination for the field. How would you compare to a suitcase setup? The reason I ask is because I am considering a suitcase purchase, even though I have a Miller Multimatic 215 and a Primeweld MIG-285 I can use with my Bobcat.

[@OFW]

The only real difference between the 220 and something like a 12vs is the 220 welds a little smother with hard wire. And a little smoother on lower voltage.

[@scrapmanindustries]

I’ve been playing around with that wire and still haven’t got it to work right. It’s usually all bubbly. I might try running straight argon next time with the settings you wrote down. I’m eventually trying to braze a hole I put in the engine block of an old John Deere 544a that I bought from the saw mill

[@OFW]

Straight argon is probably a better choice.

[@ChrisHarding-lk3jj]

Using compressed gas instead of compressed air would definitely give you a better finish. When plasma cutting was invented it was only used with compressed gas.

[@Cameron_D]

Have you seen the new M18 Milwaukee grinder that you can't remove the guard or the side handle. The side handle has a switch on it that has to be pressed "first" before the paddle switch will work. If you release the paddle switch then press it again it won't work without resetting the switch on the side handle. It's the new angle grinder for pansies.

[@markd6777]

Nice job,as usual, but I think you are actually welding those pieces when using the MIG process. I don't think you have enough control over the heat to actually "Braze" the silicon bronze onto the steel. The ability to hit that sweet spot heat range and open the pores of the base metal just enough to "Braze' or "solder" the bronze can really only be achieved with a TIG process and pedal as you can watch the puddle and start to move as the bronze liquefies but the base steel doesn't. Just my opinion as I have always had to use TIG with silicon bronze when working with dissimilar's. I know it (MIG) seems to work well with cast irons but again I think there you"re still "welding" but relying on the elastic properties of the silicone bronze to help get past the "hot short" characteristics of the cast iron to reduce the cracking stress potentials. You're finished product looked pretty nice though and it certainly makes more money time wise than TIG. Always like your video's and your no-nonsense approach to explanation and just getting the job done. I use that same 220ACDC machine everyday in my shop and am pretty happy with it. Love your line boring setups and processes as well. Mark

[@brandygray5894]

Cool

[@robroy5729]

i want to buy a roll of that wire and try this!! thats very cool!!!

[@tenthousanddays2103]

👍

[@HOWEARTDOTNET]

Definitely bronze. Brass would just fizzle and disappear. Brass is a major PITA to weld. Nice job winding that .035 on a ten lb spool!

[@iainkinsella4708]

awesome

[@jeremyhanna3852]

I do 90% of my work in the bentonite clay mines in wyo and the dakota's that looks like clay i deal with most days but its a different color its usually a shade of rust color it gets everywhere and it sticky my wife made me but a shower in her garage (shop is mine) when im coming home usually fri she put cloths out there for me and i wash and change in garage and has special washer there for my wirk cloths

[@ardennielsen3761]

10:00 think the thing about the gold nugget looking rocks... that are just field stone but gold ish brass colored, have actual copper and zinc in them? found tons of those on the driveway as a kid and made a big pile, then the other kid stole them all.

[@theessexhunter1305]

Very neat best guess ppb Bronze.

[@MySynthDungeon]

Alright we're back ,,ya ,,Coffees on! Here we go! Cheers!;-)!!

[@jimsvideos7201]

I've seen a TIG torch as a heat source for brazing, but this is new.

[@randyhughes5160]

If you used argon and helium it would weld hotter it sure helped my aluminum welding

[@scotthultin7769]

308 👍's up on fire welding thank you for sharing 😅

[@Stan_in_Shelton_WA]

In the world of plumbing there are brass and red brass pipe and fittings. Some projects would call out red brass, I don't recall why nor what the characteristics are.

[@C-Culper4874]

Doesn't red brass a higher copper % than "normal".

[@repaircollc]

Great content! If you had to do it with stick which would you use? I love watching big boy welding jobs, you get some good ones. Thanks for all you share with us.

[@OFW]

I believe they make silicone bronze stick rods. That’s what I would use.

[@repaircollc]

@OFW I kinda figured that. I may see one of these myself one day. I've worked on jaw crushers but not cones. Thanks for the info, I hope to be just like you when I grow up 😁

[@paulusmarc]

Bon Boulo😆😆👍👍

[@Apocnow420]

I'm always intrigued about costs and how much that brass ring would be worth.

[@OFW]

I’m not sure what the new one cost, but I bet it was a couple grand at least.

[@carl4043]

You would be shocked at the scrap value of red bronze. I got $600 for a wheelbarrow full

[@fjayrockst4411]

they mix in helium for welding, maybe that would help for gouging?

[@charlietanner6211]

love you,re videos when you pull up buiseness is gonna get done i know it is not cheap but what i now days

[@aaabbott1383]

Hey at the end, what was that conditioning disk? Great content btw. Ive TIG brazed plenty, never even knew you could dc mig SB.

[@OFW]

It was a 3m scotch bright style pad. I believe it’s in my amazon store.

[@ColbyPowell93]

Is this your first job with your new machine?

[@OFW]

No. About the 7 th

[@3dwezzy740]

rock tumbler

[@michalcihlar5275]

Do you run any special liner in your gun for silicone bronze wire? I have problems with it kinking while it is being fed sometimes. I ran it in my spool gun in the past with no problem though. Thanks! Awesome video!

[@OFW]

Nothing special. I haven’t had any issues yet.

[@TheUltimate65]

💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻😄

[@GrizztheForkliftMechanic]

That’s awesome Greg! I have only ever flame welded with bronze filler and it was challenging. Seen it used with TIG but haven’t seen it done with wire feed. Didn’t even know what gas to use. When I worked in the gravel mines when I was younger we had Jacques cones and they had no such sacrificial piece between the upper and lower sections. Did I hear Jacob was on another job? Did he graduate from helper?

[@OFW]

Yes, I have been letting Jacob take the Ram to go do jobs on his own. He still has a lot to learn with welding but he is a pretty good mechanic.

[@GrizztheForkliftMechanic]

That’s awesome. I train guys in my industry and have been for a few years. It cool to see them grow and learn and succeed. Oddly enough it has changed from young guys a few years ago to training guys older than me this last year and it’s become much more challenging, the old guys are resistant to learning and want to focus only on what they already know and work to avoid getting with the times and the evolution of technology.

[@richardjohnson8009]

never seen that

[@Cancun771]

Re: keeping the guard on the grinder, I keep wondering why so many professionals on YT keep removing the side grips. They're so darn useful. So much more control. I actually bought an _extra_ one for mine, and a much better and more expensive one than standard! #PimpMyGrinder

[@neilheriot2361]

Question, is that the mig gun that came with that Millermatic 220? Nice work.

[@OFW]

No, it’s aftermarket. Bernard

[@dr.feelgood2358]

i don't think you can solder with MIG...I think that's brazing, but I could be wrong. soldering is below 840 degrees F. never seen it done like that. only with TIG

[@davidholder3207]

Was the choice of wielding wire because it will wear like brass?

[@OFW]

No, it’s because it can bond the two dissimilar metals together in a strong bond.

[@dans_Learning_Curve]

I wonder how many welding shops they had to call before they found someone that knew how to use a MIG welder with brass/bronze as filler material? 🤔 I have a feeling the shop close to me would look at someone like they have a third eye if they were asked that question. I wasn't aware it could be done.

[@OFW]

They called the local guy and he laughed and said it can’t be done. Then they called me.

[@dans_Learning_Curve]

@@OFW 😁

[@dans_Learning_Curve]

@@OFW appreciate you responding! Must get busy with a growing channel.

[@OFW]

@@dans_Learning_Curve I read every single comment and try to respond to most comments. Especially someone like yourself who always leaves a comment on my videos.

[@dans_Learning_Curve]

@@OFW you actually remember my channel? 🤔 WoW 😳 I'm impressed!

[@timothywhieldon1971]

is that not just fancy brazing?

[@Jacob-40]

Hi sir

[@chaser9889]

Bearing bronze can look a little off in color