Re: Welding Thin Copper

One more point. Lead free solder melts at a higher temp but since you will
not be drinking water off a vent, it should be OK to use lead/tin solder


"PipeDown" <nowhere@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>A 100W soldering iron with a very large tip. These are also used to melt
>lead caning for stained glass windows. You could also probably do it with
>a lot of other smaller irons but that is a big chunk of copper to get hot
>in a small area. It may be called a "Hobby soldering iron" as opposed to
>one for electronic use.
>
> The flux depends somewhat on the solder. Rolls of solder for electrical
> come with flux inside but lead free solder for plumbing has its own paste
> flux on the same shelf at the store. In general you can always use resin
> flux (RMA) but it is alcohol based and harder to clean up. There is also
> water based fluxes that are easy to clean and will discolor the copper
> less (not acidic).
>
> Copper is soft enough to bend over the edge of a counter but for really
> clean creases and sharp angles, you will also need a sheetmetal brake.
> Much can be done to flatten out mistakes with the right shaped hammers as
> well (broad flat face and/or a ball peen hammer).
>
> Now if you wanted to make that out of steel you would do best with a spot
> welder since an arc welder would punch through thin *** metal. An
> expert might be able to pull it off with a MIG.
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> "Bob" <bobnospam1@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> <wh349055@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>> Would one have to use a flux ? Also, What is the best kind
>> of
>>> reasonably priced torch for this work? Thanks
>>
>> You would use flux. You might want an iron rather than a
>> torch.
>>
>> Bob
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