Originally Posted by hotbike
I would go for an Inert Gas arc welder. There is one serious drawback to oxy-acetylene, and that is explosion hazard. Your homeowners insurance rate will be TRIPLED if your insurance agent finds out you've got oxy-acetylene in the house.
Assuming you don't tell your insurance agent, and your house blows up, the insurance carrier won't pay your claim.
It's pretty hard to silver braze with an arc welder though.