Originally Posted by
Hudson308
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?
Brass is cheap, but building it up would be problematic, as you note. Tempted? Sure. Gonna do it? Not anytime soon, I've got enough projects before I start getting all artsy.
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