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@M_V
Couple more daft newb questions...
1 - Right handed brazers, torch in right hand or do it like tig with the filler rod in your right hand?
2 - Sifbronze rods, I have piddly little thin ones, to lay down fat fillets I'm gonna want thicker rods right?
I got my oxy-propane kit set up today and have bashed out a few practice joints. It's so much easier to use than Mapp. Kicking myself for not making the jump sooner.
First I joined a couple bits of mild steel bar, then tried to break the joint but the bar bent instead, think that's a good sign.
Then I brazed some nuts to some strip steel and screwed bolts into 2 of them, strip deformed quite a lot before the joints eventually failed. I used to torque wrench and the joints were holding with 30nm on them.
Lastly I popped a couple bits of tubing together. Fit up was horrible but I was running out of daylight and then battery power in my work light. I did actually end up brazing in the dark so I'm happy enough with the results,