Curious if anybody here has used this technique? I built a fence this spring using a combination of TIG brazing and fusion welding; it wasn't the first time I've used silicon bronze filler, but it was ...

Where do you stand on one of the eternal questions of metalwork: brazing, or welding? As your Hackaday writer, and the daughter of a blacksmith, it’s very much on the welding side here. Brazed joints ...

Soldering, brazing, and welding are all methods of joining two or more pieces of metal and selected other materials. They are also methods used to fill gaps in metal parts. In welding, the two metals ...

Welding is only one part of metalworking. You also can cut steel, using oxygen/acetylene equipment with a special head called a cutting torch. Cutting torches come as part of many consumer-grade gas ...

This article was updated March 7, 2023. It was originally published Dec. 9, 2004. Engineers have an impressive array of ways to join two pieces of metal including adhesives, nuts and bolts, and a long ...

I need to reattach the boss for my kickstand to the frame of my bike after a small incident this morning. Frame is 6061 aluminum. I can sweat a pipe, I've used an Oxy-Acetylene torch in 8th grade shop ...