262xp. My first 2 series runner.... hopefully

[Redfin]

That will breathe. I need to practice braising. Im not very good at it.

 

[Wagnerwerks]

I practiced for many hours as a young man. Grab some fluxed rods. It makes it easier when you're starting out.

I bet you I used a thousand coat hangers and countless bottles of oxygen/acetylene welding in panels.

 

[Wagnerwerks]

Ive gotta say it. We have a pretty decent bunch of guys on here. It was getting more than a little crowded on some other sites.

I feel more like i'm shooting the bull and getting advice from my buddies here.

 

[Warped5]

Ive gotta say it. We have a pretty decent bunch of guys on here. It was getting more than a little crowded on some other sites.

I feel more like i'm shooting the bull and getting advice from my buddies here.

+1!

 

[bryanr2]

Ive gotta say it. We have a pretty decent bunch of guys on here. It was getting more than a little crowded on some other sites.

I feel more like i'm shooting the bull and getting advice from my buddies here.

agred. nothing but friends here.

 

[huskihl]

Ive gotta say it. We have a pretty decent bunch of guys on here. It was getting more than a little crowded on some other sites.

I feel more like i'm shooting the bull and getting advice from my buddies here.

I think we all feel like that here

 

[huskihl]

That will breathe. I need to practice braising. Im not very good at it.

Gotta be able to control your heat by keeping it narrow with a small torch tip. Too many guys try brazing with a cutting tip and get discouraged or butcher the job with 1.5" wide braze weld. Use the smallest tip possible and you can end up with a nice 1/4" wide line.

I practiced for many hours as a young man. Grab some fluxed rods. It makes it easier when you're starting out.

I bet you I used a thousand coat hangers and countless bottles of oxygen/acetylene welding in panels.

Looks great. Little bit of hi temp black and she'll be cutting wood

 

[Wagnerwerks]

Gotta be able to control your heat by keeping it narrow with a small torch tip. Too many guys try brazing with a cutting tip and get discouraged or butcher the job with 1.5" wide braze weld. Use the smallest tip possible and you can end up with a nice 1/4" wide line.

Looks great. Little bit of hi temp black and she'll be cutting wood

Lol. I've brazed with a cutting torch. It was beautiful

I did this between tranny lines and a pinion bearing on a trailblazer.

 

[Warped5]

Looking good, Kris!

 

[Redfin]

Gotta be able to control your heat by keeping it narrow with a small torch tip. Too many guys try brazing with a cutting tip and get discouraged or butcher the job with 1.5" wide braze weld. Use the smallest tip possible and you can end up with a nice 1/4" wide line.

I have an acetylene torch with a very small tip. I have only tried a flux rod so far. Anyone have a good how to vid to share?

 

[Wagnerwerks]

The key with brazing is to have a good fit of the pieces to start. Second most important is to heat on the thickest part more and then get heat into the rod to puddle it in. Remember it's more like soldering than welding. You want a small flame with only as much heat as it takes to get the metal red. You're not welding so you want no melting of base metals. After you lay in some rod, you can heat the outside edges to lay in the bead a bit and flatten it out. If you're to hot..... POP POP POP!

 

[Landmark]

I wish i could braze. Got brass, flux and small tourch but have no idea what to do. Nice job on the deflector

 

[Wagnerwerks]

I wish i could braze. Got brass, flux and small tourch but have no idea what to do. Nice job on the deflector

You can do it. Practice a little. It's not that hard and it's fun!

I learned to weld with hangers first. I think that was a bit bonus.

 

[huskihl]

I have an acetylene torch with a very small tip. I have only tried a flux rod so far. Anyone have a good how to vid to share?

I don't have vids. There are several different sized small tips for gas welding. Thicker metal requires a bigger tip. I learned how and got really good at it in high school metal shop. Heat up the metal until it glows, but not melted. Add rod. If it melts the braze too wide, you're too hot. Just takes practice

 

[Warped5]

I have an acetylene torch with a very small tip. I have only tried a flux rod so far. Anyone have a good how to vid to share?

There's several out on YouTube

 

[huskihl]

You can do it. Practice a little. It's not that hard and it's fun!

I learned to weld with hangers first. I think that was a bit bonus.

Pretty cool seeing a sweet looking gas weld from a coat hanger.
In high school metals, for our exam we had to braze 2 pieces of sheet steel together. The teacher put the brazed pieces in a vise and bent them down 90°. If they didn't hold, you got an E. If it held, you got a C. Then he bent them back straight. If they held, it was worth an A.









I gas welded mine first lol. He bent mine down and back 4 different times without breaking. He just looked at me with a smile and a wink and gave me an A lol

 

[drf256]

Ive gotta say it. We have a pretty decent bunch of guys on here. It was getting more than a little crowded on some other sites.

I feel more like i'm shooting the bull and getting advice from my buddies here.

Well put.

Not sure what's up with the AS anymore. I go there out of boredom at times. Almost any comment I make is met with malignant and not constructive criticism. Kinda ridiculous.

 

[Tor R]

Ive gotta say it. We have a pretty decent bunch of guys on here. It was getting more than a little crowded on some other sites.

I feel more like i'm shooting the bull and getting advice from my buddies here.

well said!
I've read on another place that we are ASLite, them about that, can't say I miss those lads.
I prefer this baby, friendship, sharing and helping each other, no noise, no huge egoes, absolutly a perfect forum!

 

[Landmark]

Well put.

Not sure what's up with the AS anymore. I go there out of boredom at times. Almost any comment I make is met with malignant and not constructive criticism. Kinda ridiculous.

I have also noticed that my comments are totally if ignored on AS. It's like my posts are on mute and nobody can read them or that they are from 'the enemy' and they shun my type. Either way it has become a unfriendly place imo.

 

[Warped5]

I have also noticed that my comments are totally if ignored on AS. It's like my posts are on mute and nobody can read them or that they are from 'the enemy' and they shun my type. Either way it has become a unfriendly place imo.

Same here, Dave. We've been down the road and share our experiences, then someone that's been around a month says it's all wrong. That got under my skin as well the site owner's outlook on Constitutional rights.

.... but we digress. Kris, what have you for us today?