Originally Posted by
gugie
From NAHBS writeup:
“What I couldn’t see in in the (Dave Kirk big fat fillets) photos on the Internet was how he managed to create those thin edges by using small pieces of sheet metal. He tacked them in and then began adding brass.” Ah, was wondering how he was able to do that!
That makes sense. Anyone who has done any brazing would wonder. In order to get the brass hot enough to make an acceptable bond with the base metal, it will begin to "flow" (self-level). You would end up using a ton of rod to build a brass mound tall enough to sculpt as shown. Then you would waste huge amounts of material carving it into those peaks. Having a steel "backbone" would solve all that. Gorgeous work! Are you tempted to try some variation of that yourself now, Gugie?