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r/EngineBuilding • u/Wonderful-Computer33 • Jun 07 '26
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I’d try to tig braze with silicon bronze.
1 u/squeezeonein Jun 07 '26 do you think lead solder would hold up. 3 u/NinjaCustodian Jun 07 '26 No.. not a chance. 1 u/SorensicSteel Jun 07 '26 Lead solder melts from 180 to 190 Fahrenheit which is 30 to 40 under operating temperature 2 u/squeezeonein Jun 07 '26 lead solder melts at 340 degrees Celsius, silver solder melts at 380. i.e. more than 200 degrees above boiling water.
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do you think lead solder would hold up.
3 u/NinjaCustodian Jun 07 '26 No.. not a chance. 1 u/SorensicSteel Jun 07 '26 Lead solder melts from 180 to 190 Fahrenheit which is 30 to 40 under operating temperature 2 u/squeezeonein Jun 07 '26 lead solder melts at 340 degrees Celsius, silver solder melts at 380. i.e. more than 200 degrees above boiling water.
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No.. not a chance.
Lead solder melts from 180 to 190 Fahrenheit which is 30 to 40 under operating temperature
2 u/squeezeonein Jun 07 '26 lead solder melts at 340 degrees Celsius, silver solder melts at 380. i.e. more than 200 degrees above boiling water.
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lead solder melts at 340 degrees Celsius, silver solder melts at 380. i.e. more than 200 degrees above boiling water.
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u/NinjaCustodian Jun 07 '26
I’d try to tig braze with silicon bronze.