Originally Posted by
unterhausen
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Bronze brazing is commonly called welding in the trade.
Silver is not the only thing you can braze with. The vast majority of lugged bikes made throughout history had almost exactly zero silver content.
I'm going to start practicing brazing this weekend and wondered what rod I should get. I read a lot of people suggest using silver (45 or 56%) but I also know, as mentioned above that silver wasn't always used. For practice and my first lugged frame, should I get silver or could I get away with a cheaper alloy with either no or very little silver content? I know that the melting point is higher and penetration will not be as good as silver but will it suffice?
For reference I'll be using a oxy/propane torch.