Want To Be Able To Fix Almost Anything? Then Learn How To Weld With Brass! 

Learned to braze many years ago. Before MIG welders, we used brazing to repair cracked or chafed hydraulic tubes on construction equipment. My dad had an old vice that had been repaired (brazed) by an old school guy. The repair looked like a stack of dimes. Truly beautiful work.

Steve, I'm almost 60, and my dad started teaching me to torch weld when I was 10. I was fixing radiators, carb floats, and I can't remember what all back then. We even used coat hangers when they still made them out of good metal. People need to know the "Old Ways" in these times. Come a time when that knowledge and skill sets will be long gone...

Being a kid in the 70s and being around heavy equipment and race cars, that's all anyone welded with,I didn't see a welder until the late 80s and for years I've wondered why no one welds with brass and I even started to doubt my memories until this video. Thanks for sharing 👍🏻

Even though I braze weld it's interesting to watch and learn other people's Technics and knowledge, learn until you die. Love all your work. Keep all the videos coming 😁

The speeded up welding made me smile. I was thinking "he's really good" 😁

Hey-hey-hey-hey my good brother when we were young teenagers even younger my body's dad used to work at the Indy 500 as a mechanic and he used to use old coat hangers to repair exhaust or just about anyting and he had a stack I always thought that was pretty cool and we used to goof off and just play around with the Torches he was big into Mopar never wore shoes always barefooted and his wife worked at the bar in that little town we grew up in and his garage was right there by the parking lot he whooped A lotta ass back in the day out of that bar LOL he was good at what he did one hell of a mechanic you have a good one brother it's always good seeing you around😎👍🏽👍🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽👊🏼👊🏼

My grandfather did a lot of brazing on my old truck. Rust repair on inner fenders and floors.it's still holding up 20 years later. This video brought back some memories. Thanks for sharing Steve!

Nice video, I'm 43 by now and I never learned the modern ways of welding with using electrizity, but I haven't done this in the last almost 25 years, nice and very well explained video. I needed a refreshing to my old knowledge, thank you so much for sharing your experience with us all. Keep on the good work. And have a nice life. :)

Nice to see, something in the real basic. Am 65 , my first experience with a torch was when I was 14. Many of my mentors used to General repair. Most of my mechanics and body man mentors use on a daily basic. Thanks.

It’s called brazing or bronzing,old school method to join dissimilar metals.haven’t used it for some time,requires skill not just a fancy machine.knowledge of heat ranges and metallurgical properties are a must.

This has saved my ass so many times in the potato fields here in New Brunswick Canada , and 90% of the repairs are still going strong. This is absolutely my favorite channel on youtube love your work Steve....

My dad taught me how to braze as a kid before I ever even touched a welder. Telling the older guys I knew how to braze and have them be surprised was cool. I'm probably more comfortable brazing than mig welding. No knobs and settings to figure out. You control both the heat and the speed and its on the fly adjustable. Really cool skill to know.

Thanks Steve that’s a great demo. Kids today need to learn these great ways to fix things and it doesn’t need to be pretty to work good. 👍😎

Brass weldin !? we called it brazing. Learnt how to braze kart chassis as it was softer and allowed better flex for a wet weather set up 😊

man ....this is awesome...finding your channel ...I hurt my back while ase master technician haven't worked in 10 yrs now on my profession but I loved being a mechanic. .work was playtime for me....

I know how important welding is because I have seen big problems solved with a small welding process.I learned something new thanks to you, thank you very much.

Welding with a coat hanger now that's an art

I have brazed the spring arm back together on a broken set of points to get the tractor back to the shop

Its worthwhile saying about the type of flame used for brazing, you should be using a slightly oxidising flame for mild steel and cast iron, the carburising flame you used is for hard facing ect as it adds carbon increasing the carbon content of the weld metal and a neutral flame of 1-1 ratio of oxygen to acetylene for welding mild steel, stainless ect.

Man makes me want to get back into welding. Lots of fun.

I learned to use a torch before arc and other electric practices. Depending on your skill and such you can make a weld just as strong as an arc or MiG welder. I've used brazing rod for places on a body panel you wouldn't want to just slap Bondo into. And depending on your ability to control heat, it can be done on these newer body panels too. Fixed a blow through from a stud gun on a 2000 model year Honda with brazing rod and a torch.

I went to welding school 3 yrs ago & learned stick, tig & mig. They didn't teach us this. Unless it was a day I missed. I'm going to keep watching videos & practicing until I learn myself.

"Why even change it?" 😂😂😂😂 Right on!

Excellent video Steve, glad to see you sharing tips and tricks of the trade. Gas welding was the first process I learned. My grandfather taught me when I was in my early teens many moons ago. Keep up the excellent work!

I remember using coat hangers to weld

Great, I will definitely try this with my Spitfire restoration.

Great video with solid insights! Getter done when getting it done is your only option.

amazing video g just what i needed

That’s something you just don’t see anymore at all it’s awesome

Thank you ... I definitely learned lots of little tricks. Looking forward to trying this tm

Thats some cool stuff, and very useful. I often use copper wire to dress the weld cap, to give it a different flavor. Hood down lights on.

Definitely one of the most satisfying ways to weld I learned to do it because it's how it was done on the 1920 cars I worked on as a apprentice, to lern to restore them as they were made. Its keped me in work during the pandemic brazing aircon copper pipes together. But nouthing better than the smell of Castrol R burning out the vintage fitting as you weld it.

Great video Thanks for sharing 🇺🇸

Thanks for the lesson of the day

Thanks for the awesome video :) im trying to do a little brass welding to build up a hole and retap it

You explain it well and clearly.

Great video/ tutorial Steve . Best bit of welding advice I got told by an old time served welder was " Bend over the weld rod end your jot using so you don't prod your eye out" I have seen someone brass weld an old penny onto a burst rad pipe .magic

i wished i was into brass welding, i got spoiled with the mig welders... maybe i will go and try again ! thank you for the video!

Brass, coat hangers, I learned how to weld this way...

i love torch welding man great tips

Enjoyed every minute it's always great to learn new things.

Yes everyone that welds any should learn this. Had my first VW dunebuggy at 16 and all I had was a stick welder and torches. I was always having to braze the exhaust or something on it since it was a poorly built homemade buggy. The experience was great though.

Thanks Steve!!! Great video!

This actually opens up a realm of possibilities!

Awesome! Love the channel!

Keep up the good work guys. nice how to's steeve...

Awesome learning man

I used a jewelers torch before. Takes a little longer to heat up the part bit way more control. Thanks for the video. I like the instructional videos

Save Save I'm from Brazil I greatly admire your work 👍👍

A previous owner of my "55 Chev 1/2 ton tried to brass weld on the front fenders. Didn't go well, I sourced out some replacements and I'll probably salvage some of the old fenders for patches.

The heats the music. and you gotta get these two kids to dance together

I learned to weld panels on with oxy/acetelyne. I used to like brazing. I just set up a torch kit a couple weeks ago, was without for so many years.

Dude Welder Up is teaching welding!!! So cool.

Thanks Steve! Enjoy your tips and will put them to used..especially the Flux core episode.

Thanks good start. Time in the seat

Great video,

Pretty cool

Awsome Video Sir

Yes 👍 you are awesome . thanks for the awesome video .Your videos are getting awesome every time so keep up the good work can’t wait to see your next video thank you 😁

Hello Steve great tips on welding with brass Wishing you well Take Care Sir

I'm amazed that the brass held that pushrod together. I know its a stock 350 but there's still a lot of pressure on it from the valvetrain, stronger fix than I thought. Super informative video

Yes everybody should use a torch when they're learning I think gamma

When we were in a pinch we used coat hangers. Lol worked but didn't look pretty

While there are brazing rods that are brass, most that look like brass are actually BRONZE; phosphor bronze to be exact. It's very tough metal. Just yesterday I brazed a broken corner back onto a heavy bronze casting. I used bronze rod and saved a piece of a historical 1925 5" Naval gun for a battleship restoration. The melting point of the base metal was very close to that of the filler rod. I could sometimes see the base metal going liquidus so I feel like I got a very good bond. The entire casting, about 100 pounds of it, was hot by the time I finished.

Brazing we called it a very high temperature type of soldering I used to say not really true though always have brazing rods and flux in the shop and on the rig . I used to face drilling bits using a similar product . He does do nice tutorials.Wish more young people would get into the trades like welding can make a good living .

i have a collection of gasoline or alcohol torches. the smaller ones have an inside/outside threaded fitting on top of the tank. soldered inot it (it's a self pressurizing tank from the heat of the torch tip) the tip is fuel fed through threaded fitting, the tip is threaded into the tank and a nut is to lightly lock it in place, the threads are tapered inside. alot of times it gets leaky and people tighten the joint up, and it cracks the soldered in fitting. there's fill plug on the bottom of the tanks, that had to of been soldered last onto the bottom inverted domed cup, because the top tank fitting is collared on the inside of the tank, and the fitting will fall into the tank, then its extremely difficult to fish it back out and to get it set again. to get enough heat into the fitting the solder drops out to balls inside the tank. a wick runs through the fitting to fuel the tip. it needs to be serviceable as the wick carbonizes if i gets too hot, so solid welding the joint is almost out of the question. do you think tipping the tank upside down would be better so the fitting doesn't fall in? the fitting is brass, the tank is brass copper zinc, and thin.

Great tips 👍👍🇨🇱

Welded many exhaust parts with a torch and coat hanger in my late teens when I was too poor to buy a mig lol. It wasn't pretty but it worked!

Steve when I went to autobody school I had to gas weld 3 2" x 4" piece of body steel butted up to another without a rod to pass that portion of the class. Had to be perfect or you started over again. You REALLY learn how to gas weld after that experience. I want to try tig because they say it is a lot like gas welding.

It doesn't hurt that you have such gorgeous blue eyes.... but seriously good stuff here!!! 👏💯

Learning a lot Steve 👍🤙

I learned gas welding when I was 16....I'm 70 now.....I learned welding on cast iron....only brass worked easily. Stick ,mig and tig, and heli-arc, were added to my skills later

I have not braze welded since tech school, but I just picked up some rods. I have some cast iron to repair.

I seen you brass weld a engine valve and that takes skill

I taught myself how to weld 25 years ago with one book and an oxy acetylene torch. I remember seeing a MIG machine for the first time and thought I discovered the wheel. Then I started thinking this is for pussies, this is too easy. You brought back a lot of good memories, God bless thanks for sharing.

I saw the cover photo and i was like no way is he using a cutting torch to weld. Then i looked in the video and it was a regular welding nozzle. I love torch welding its a far easier version of tig welding. I thought tig welding would be easy after learning torch welding but its completely different.

Kinda neat comin to shop and then sittin on couch sayin kids me n mom we’re there! So rad, Steve you a beast! The cars are artwork, but looking back on shop pics, way cool how you laid shop out interior landscape if that’s a thing!

Please learn the differences in “soldering”, “brazing”, and “welding”.

Wish I was younger I come and take your class

Enjoy the videos

fun parts have that tool equipment for repair personnel got now patient enough now faster

fun parts hoses full fuel enjoyable

My dad taught me how to oxy/act welding before he let me learn anything else. Came in real handy fixing old exhaust leaks when I had no money..ole soup can repair.😉👍

I am cat tech in the field I do a lot of brazing but I use my tig torch as a heating device lot more control lot less fire danger in this dry ass desert

Brazing is not welding. Its actually closer to soldering, just done hotter. Welding melts the workpiece and the filler into one. You could also use silver solder on the copper, silver solder is also brazing, its called sil -Fos in the plumbing field. It will braze copper to copper, and brass to copper. Now a neat trick to braze steel to copper is to Sil-Fos the copper first, then the brass filler will braze to the Sil-Fos and the steel.

i still braze with brass but i'm very old-school, i don't like the pre-coated rods, i prefer the bare brass rods and a separate container of borax brazing flux so i can control how much flux goes into the joint. i also prefer a proper torch that is comfortable to hold and hoses that are soft and flexible and not heavy.

it is very string, definitely. Sometime as strong as steel parent metal.

This is what I'm doing for fixing car pannels

That’s BRAZING. Put some flux on it.

Lots of comments making the correction that it's not welding it's brazing...who cares! I don't This guy is teaching tips that will get the average person to save thousands of dollars and out of a jam like fixing the pushrod on a broken car The guy's a Champ!

100% RESPECT FOR STEVE.... I would love to pick his brain for 1hr let alone a while day!

Most of WWIi planes where gas welded frames.I use it on cast iron alot.

for making tiny brass implements, can I use a plumber's propane torch and where do I get small brazing rods, what formulation? thanks

you might want to mention if your using this for bodywork body filler will not stick to braze, I learned this when I was 17 and an old timer offered to help me with some rust repairs. I tried grinding it, priming over it first, finally lightly tinned it with solder then it was ok

When you weld two pieces of sheet steel together, can you tidy it up with the grinder? or is it better off leaving it blobby for strength?

Your a great teacher👍

Can you compare solder and brass

Cool but they already make electrodes for different metals!

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Hi is it possible to brass weld a stainless steel chainsaw muffler. Thinking of experimenting with a small steel pipe in it and brass weld so the pipe is welded to muffler.Or would the muffler crack after time around the brass weld?I guess its possible to also get stainless steel rods for stainless is this correct ?if so would it be okay for doing what I have written above stainless muffler with steel pipe?(sorry not to good at explaining when typing)