Braze Repair Using Silver Solder

In this video I am repair a primitive craft piece that was brazes together use cut nails for the figures body. To avoid melting the original braze connections I use silver solder to make the repair.
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[@CraigsWorkshop]

Nice Job Steven. Always happy to learn more about silver soldering and brazing. :)

[@sharkrivermachine]

It is all in heat control. Thank you for watching and commenting.

[@howder1951]

Nice little repair Steven, I enjoy these short capers once in a while, especially if I am pressed for time. Enjoyed, cheers!

[@sharkrivermachine]

Glad you like them! Thanks for watching.

[@outsidescrewball]

Good “hey man”…nice repair

[@sharkrivermachine]

Thank you Chuck.

[@paulpipitone8357]

Thanks Steve. Now you can add Art work repair to your resume

[@sharkrivermachine]

Sounds like a plan. thanks for watching and commenting.

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

Got to love the quick and easy "Hey man" projects. Cool map gas torch.

[@sharkrivermachine]

You got that right! I love it when a plan comes together. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@michaelhale4041]

Enjoyed it a lot. Always love seeing old toys or desk art however it's called.

[@sharkrivermachine]

Thank you for watching and commenting. I was hoping that one of my viewer could tell he what this is called.

[@OldIronMachineWorks]

Thanks for sharing Steve, came out nice. Gary

[@sharkrivermachine]

Thanks for watching

[@TheMiniMachineShop]

Hi Steven, very unique content and I enjoyed it!!

[@sharkrivermachine]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@dannywilsher4165]

I saw an old man make one of them balancing things when I was a small child. Pretty cool....

[@sharkrivermachine]

Thanks for watching and commenting,

[@andrewevans1658]

Looks good Steve !

[@sharkrivermachine]

Thanks for stopping by.

[@AaronEngineering]

G’day Steven. Always great seeing you on the Tube 📺 mate. I know what you mean, sometimes it’s hard coming up with new projects isn’t it. Cheers 🍻. Aaron

[@sharkrivermachine]

I do plenty of work in the shop but much of it is repetitive. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@bobvines00]

Steve, I especially liked the weathering you did to darken the cleaned repair. Before you did that I was thinking that it was a nice repair, but that it was a shame that it stuck out like a sore thumb! I'm glad I watched the whole video or I'd have felt like an idiot! LOL! ;)

[@sharkrivermachine]

The funny thing about it is that when I gave it back to the customer he told me that he was going to have it painted. My response was, "you can't do that it will ruin the patina". Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@TheKnacklersWorkshop]

Nice done Steve...

[@sharkrivermachine]

Thank you Paul.

[@donmittlestaedt1117]

Thanks Steve.

[@sharkrivermachine]

Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@DK-vx1zc]

That came out great.. Thanks for sharing

[@sharkrivermachine]

Thanks for watching!

[@angelramos-2005]

Hi Steve.Nice repair.Thank you.Looks like you tubers are asking for ideas and there are plenty.YES,BUT offering products to people that have fairly good materials,good design good craftmanship and a price next to nothing is more of what you can find almost everywhre around if you rely on your imagination and a little money.Now there are hard working people around and maybe no money but probably they know better what quality is.No pain no game.Thank you.

[@sharkrivermachine]

Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@jpsimon206]

Aren't those third hands handy? If you ever find yourself with that lacking, look up the ones designed for fly tying. They're not very expensive, but they are enormously better design. They typically have three separate hands and bendable joints that hold very firmly. I don't have a steady hand myself, I could not solder at all anymore if it were not for this tool. Has turned out to be very handy for all kinds of things besides weld positioning

[@sharkrivermachine]

The unit that I used had a magnifying glass on it that I had to remove. I have another one with additional arms that I could not find when I wanted it. Probable on my model making bench in another room. Thank you for watching and commenting.

[@bcbloc02]

Does the weathering cause any long term corrosion issues?

[@sharkrivermachine]

I hope not. My experience with it is that once it is rinsed to completely stops. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@jpsimon206]

I'm curious, if the client had needed for the piece to keep it original patina, is there a method for cleaning up the flux without abrasion? Like a particular cleaner or solvent? Not at all critical of your approach, I just found myself wondering about the problem and realized I did not know what you thin or remove flux with chemically.

[@jpsimon206]

Sorry, I asked this before you used the weathering compound. That's a great fix for maintaining the patina. I am still curious if you happen to know, if there is a way to clean away flux without abrasion

[@sharkrivermachine]

I was informed by my friend (the customer) the the piece would be painted. I tried to talk him out of it. I like the patina. The next day the repair had darkened up to the point that you could not see the repair.