Originally Posted by
Bob Dopolina
Brazing is a form of welding. Welding is a generic term.
The last steel bike I had in the late 80's was TIG welded (also a form of welding).
Sorry lad but "brazing", much less silver soldering, isn't "welding":
"Brazing is a metal-joining process whereby
a filler metal is heated above melting point and distributed between two or more close-fitting parts by capillary action. The filler metal is brought slightly above its melting (liquidus) temperature while protected by a suitable atmosphere, usually a flux. It then flows over the base metal (known as wetting) and is then cooled to join the workpieces together.[1]
It is similar to soldering, except the temperatures used to melt the filler metal are higher for brazing."
Brazing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
That process is
Not Welding:
"Welding is a fabrication or sculptural process that
joins materials, usually metals or thermoplastics,
by causing coalescence. This is often done by melting the workpieces and adding a filler material to form a pool of molten material (the weld pool) that cools to become a strong joint, with pressure sometimes used in conjunction with heat, or by itself, to produce the weld.
This is in contrast with soldering and brazing, which involve melting a lower-melting-point material between the workpieces to form a bond between them,
without melting the work pieces."
Welding - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Some of us know the brazing/sliver soldering process quite well from "back when" before vacuum packing spooge & sheets of stuff into a bunt pan was the norm.
-Bandera