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556223556 t1_jd4rmjy wrote

Reply to comment by snuggle_sauce in Lessons learned during garden trowel braze repair by FliesLikeABrick

Seems a lot easier to just fix it in his shop with what he has vs driving to a mechanic and bothering them to weld something they don't want to deal with and may not be equipped to do.

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FliesLikeABrick OP t1_jd4tlxd wrote

This is exactly right, I have multiple welding processes available but do not have the right mix of welder, technique, and materials on hand to weld stainless - it is something I have never needed to do in my shop and I am skeptical of the quality of stainless here in the first place.

As it is I can't tell if the original joint was a weld or something more like a silver solder/braze. I imagine if it was a weld they would have had better penetration and cross-section than it had, so who knows if it was material that was even amenable to welding.

That is all to say I 100% agree with you. I knew it would take braze regardless of alloy, and with brazing there was almost 0% chance of destroying the base metal with poor heat control or other inexperience. Especially because I do not have any tiny OA tips or TIG available, the chances of me burning through the plate portion would just be too high.

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snuggle_sauce t1_jd4sefr wrote

You can weld stainless with a MIG, TIG, or a simple stick welder. There are lots of places you can ask to do stuff that they don’t normally deal in, just takes a question and the guts to ask it. Just around my small town I know of a boat place, 3 mechanics and a machine shop that’d do this in a heartbeat. Hell, if you have a friendly farmer nearby they could do it too.

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