Originally posted by FOG
Brazing is neither the same as welding nor soldering, and it would be worthwhile to learn it. I had an earlier thread asking where to learn brazing and someone responded that there are often night classes at vocational schools and community colleges.
Well, i've done both brazing and soldering and it seems the same to me. Perhaps brazing rod doesn't flow as well as solder, but the skills are largely transferrable. I would say brazing is a bit harder, but not impossibly so.
Basically soldering and brazing are the same activity at different temperatures. I found this online:
"Brazing is the "joining of metals by fusion of nonferrous alloys that have melting points above 425 degrees C (800 degrees F) but lower than those of the metals being joined.... Brazing is distinguished from soldering by the melting point of the filler metal: solders melt below 450 degrees C (840 degrees F). "
here is a link to an online definition .
take care,
Jester