Building A Reducer | CCVM Build | First Time Brazing 

Hats off to you for having the balls to try something new, and putting it on RU-vid so others can learn. You didn’t do horrible for a first try!

I solder stainless and copper & stainless to stainless together all the time. The trick is the right flux and solder. Use Stay Clean Flux and and Stay Brite Silver Bearing Solder. This stuff I even use on stainless to stainless solder jobs and it is very strong. You did an awesome job looking forward to what comes next..

The tip on what to do with the small pieces that get to hot to handle. STOP before it gets that dang short. when you get down to the last third i f the rod while you are brazing to move the heat away and let your rod stick to work. Then get a new rod touch it to the end add a little heat till they melt together. Then go back to working on the brazing you work. Hope that helps I've been doing that since my Father showed me. Also if you want a better braze you would need a better torch. A T100 victor torch and small bottles would help a lot. Keep the videos coming they are fun to watch.

great tips thanks . never thought of using socket adapter to flare a tube. brilliant

lol yes, i too noticed the nail polish. nice touch. for never brazing not bad. you may have been better off when putting the ferrel on to braze it on the inside. then you don't have to worry about the clamp. another trick is if you have a ledge or part to braze. break of what you need and place it around the area and heat it from the other side. the rod should melt and the heat should pull it through. remember also, when you get to the end of the rod, heat up the tip and stick it to a full rod. that way you can maximize your brazing rods. impressive though for your first time. plus it does look cool. keep em coming.

btw a hacksaw will go through that tube in like 6 seconds instead of a dremel

Great job with safety - the bricks behind the torch. Simple enough but not every takes those extra few minutes to Do it. A cookie sheet works in tight areas too...just saying. If ya don't have a pipe cutter style tool , a chop saw makes a straight/90° cut. Also a hacksaw and a radiator clamp to keep the blade straight. Great video thanks for posting..

I’m watching becouse learning from what you have figured out and I love your videos thank you from California usa

Great videos I like all the mistakes and shows ppl how it can all go wrong and it takes experience. Remember the heat is what moves your solder not the stick. You want to let it flow like alcohol on tissue 😉

Dude that was awesome. I don't think I'd be brave enough to show my soldering. Especially that time I used a culinary torch, ha ha:-) I appreciate you taking us on the unvarnished journey through learning this stuff. Can't wait for the next vid! BTW, I don't think that shade of pink is for you. Maybe something in a darker cherry, LOL:-)

Love the nail polish, very pretty!

Brazzing #1 most important tip is... Keep the job hot and flame over the Brazzing rod/wire and it sh go on like melted butter 👍🏻🇦🇺

I'm pretty sure you should heat the stainless mostly, because the copper heats quicker than stainless and the copper is much thinner

Thanks for the vid and a great channel ... where did you get the 2in tri clover ferrules from? ... I can only find "butt weld" ones in Auz and 2in copper will not go over them.

To clean it up, I've used a brillo pad and just scrubbed. Just a few bucks and it saves on gas. Comes out nice and shiny and clean. Anyways, keep it up!

So which would be a better job and which would be easier, soldering or brazing? This question is for everyone not just Jessy😁 Always enjoy your videos Jessy. Sláinte ☘️

From what I read on the internet when brazing stainless you want to use I good quality filler rod with a high amount of silver and you want to use a liquid flux, oh and make sure your filler rod or solder doesn't contain lead, as it would be bad.... Any great video thumbs up!!! Lol

Hey man when ever i try a new building/fabricating craft i always practice on some offcut material first until im semi happy with my competence level!

very nice job.. thumbs up 👍

I can tell you are a good dad by the pink nail polish

Just a pointer, the tip of the flame is what you want to use try to keep the flame back ...attaching copper to stainless steel is tricky but good job

I'm New And i Like The Straight Forwardness You Put Out So Much That I Have Went Back To Watch You From the Beginning. Hey Everybody Starts Somewhere In Everything. True Some Are A Bit More Talented Than Others, That Being Said Your Solder Is Not Bad For Just Starting. Only One Thing I Would Point Out - When You Start Any Job It's Not A Bad Idea To Use A Practice Piece First In Case You Mess-up Then Your Actual Piece Is Still Ok. Cheers John Oh BTW I'm In The USA Where Even Owning A Still Is Illegal So The Piece Together Type Is Really Advantageous For Me. Plus I Have Different Size Columns This Way To Make Different Spirits.

Okay so I know that I am like 4 years late and I may be asking a stupid question, but wouldn't "tining" your stainless fitting first help in this situation? As it would basically allow you to attach the joint from both the inside and the outside of the joint at the same time.

You did a pretty good job for a beginner keep practicing you will get better.

You can get a small rotary pipe cutter that will cut up to 1 inch pipe for $5. or $10. and it will last a long time.

I saw this one guy do a braze by making a ring of solder which he put in place, heated until it melted filling the void. Will try to find the video.

Heh heh, was watching this in the workshop ... one of my workmates was looking over my shoulder and started screaming at around the 8 minute mark like he just caught his nuts in the vice! :o) Good on you for having a crack fella - it only gets better the more you do ... AND you chose a hard one to start on - brazing stainless to copper can be a right bastard at the best of times, takes a lot of heat too (-a lot of folks will use oxy-acetylene for it). Flux is your friend ! :o)

You can braze it with the water in there

Bro you wearing nail polish 😅? Amazing how a bit of experience goes along way.

dude not bad for never doing it b4 but there is 1 thing u need to know there is more than 1 way to skin a rabbit and just because I can do it this way doesn't mean that you can. i guess what I am saying is that there is heeps of methods of brazing . so some hints for you 1 just heat where you want to start and work your way around 2 if you have something the same as the flange it is a lot heavier than the copper heat on that first copper is a great conducter of heat and will heat with the stainless also you don't risk overheating it and it melting. 3 take your time as for the above by doing this the the pool from the rod will wick into the joint and look prettier 4 dont be scared of over fluxing it will come off 5 as for cleaning up after the job i use citric acid mixed with water in maby 75g in about 7or8 liters of water and a scotch Brite to clean up oh and i cant forget 6 just have fun fun as u learn .

Did that even stick at all the stainless would off been to cold 🤔

Why didn't you just use a large diameter rotary pipe cuter? That would cut the pipe perfectly straight.

Love Your Pink Finger Nails 😍

more flux and cleaning between welds

Funny thing is/was, you have a RU-vid Channel - you should have RU-vid how to Braze....i know, hind sight is 13/18.. Cheers mate

Did you use a flux?

Nice nail polish dude lol

I'm a guru,your a guru. Quit yakking and show me how to piece it together and I'll show you how to solder it.

Do you have some drawings for your still would be interested in making some changes to see if I can make some improvements.

Practice practice practice

Pipe cutter, Dude.

a pipe cutter would be way straighter, easier and prob safer

I am not sure why you didn't fork out $15 or so on a tube cutter, and I am not sure you have used the "safe" kind of brazing rod (you didn't, I think, mention what it was, but it shouldn't contain things like cadmium (or lead of course, but that's usually confined to solder). Since you list a couple of distilling forums you must realise that you could have used lead free solder to make life a little easier. I find silver soldering (really brazing) fairly straight forward but lead free soldering is much cheaper.

This guy looks like Baker Mayfield with a bigger beard

And deffinatly don't weld upside down if your not an expert, that's just a Nooooo

...if you think this is stupid, well don't watch it ??? there is nothing stupid bout any of your clips my friend...

Pretty ugly.