Re: who sells bronze ***??

I work primarily in copper, but silicon bronze is the preferred material for sculptures, especially if you need to weld them. I understand that it welds very easily, good color match, etc. Use Silicon Bronze wire. You can TIG it, DC with argon, like TIG on steel, but more current. You can MIG it as well, not sure about the appropriate gas.

Not to quibble, but since the base material is bronze, if you "braze" it you are really welding it, since the filler rod and the base material are basically the same.

Remember that copper requires a lot more welding amps that steel, or even aluminum. I would estimate that you would need around 350 amps to weld 3/16 copper, and bronze is more than 90% copper. You might want to select 1/8 inch bronze, or even thinner, unless you have access to a very large TIG or MIG welder. I usually have my TIG welder set to 90 amps to weld 0.043 inch copper.

McMaster-Carr probably would sell small pieces of bronze. However, the suggestion of having Atlas cut pieces to size for you, to facilitate shipping, is probably a good suggestion. But look in the yellow pages under Metals or Copper, it must be available in the SF area. With the price of copper, it is likely to be well worth your while to plan your sink, and how to cut it out of a ***, to minimize scrap.

Richard


Bob wrote:
Anybody have a source in the SF Bay area for *** bronze stock? SWMBO
saw some bronze "vessel" sinks in a high end bath store that she likes,
but neither one of us want to pay over $2K for a friggin' bathroom
sink!

The ones she likes are shaped like upside-down, truncated pyramidal
solids, either square or rectangular. I am thinking it would not be
too hard to cut some 3/16 or 1/4 *** stock and either tig or braze
the seams, grind it, then give it a nice patina. Or, I suppose, I
could make a wooden pattern and have it cast.

Any ideas appreciated.

Regards,

Bob



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