Brazing Copper Wire To Steel

In brazing copper to stainless steel the filler material that is used is usually silver.

Brazing copper wire to steel.

Some forms of steel brazing require special conditions in order to create the desired product and certain types of brazing supplies. Brazing is a technique that allows you to join and bond two pieces of metal permanently using a torch and some form of filler metal. How to braze stainless steel to copper. Find us on amazon.

In stock and ready to ship. You can purchase brazing rods with varying of silver content and either flux coated or un coated rod. Bronze brazing welding rods. Bernzomatic al3 aluminum brazing welding rods.

Cast iron galvanized nickel steel malleable iron. But you can attach copper to steel with silver solder using a propane torch and call it whatever you like. The higher the silver content the stronger the bond but the hotter the temperature needed to melt the filler metal. But will also cost more and requires the use of an acetylene or mapp gas torch to melt the brazing rod.

I use the term silver brazing instead of silver solder because technically anything over 840 degress f is brazing. Use the wire brush or emery cloth to scuff the surface of the metal. So here is the video with a few tips on silver brazing copper to steel and brazing stainless steel bolts to some copper washers. While brazing typically uses specialized brazing wire to bond the metals you can substitute copper wire for brazing wire.

Choose from our selection of brazing wire including brazing alloys without cadmium high strength brazing alloys for copper and more. Steel stainless steel nickel alloys copper alloys cast iron tungsten carbide. Technically you can either braze or solder though you cannot braze with solder or solder with brazing rods.