Soldering and Brazing Handbook for Home Machinists: Practical Information and Useful Exercises for the Small Shop

A comprehensive guide to essential soldering and brazing techniques for welders and model engineers!

Detailed sections on a range of techniques and insight to accomplish metal joining in faster, more efficient, and less expensive ways
Close examination of the soldering and brazing processes, equipment, and materials
What happens in the joints as they are made, plus practical examples, test pieces, tabulated data, and more
Author Tubal Cain was the writer of many useful home workshop and model engineering guides

Joining metal by soft or hard soldering, or brazing with alloys, is a common practice in welding and engineering workshops. But have you ever given thought to whether there could be quicker, more efficient, and affordable methods?

An extremely thorough and comprehensive book for model engineers, Soldering and Brazing Handbook for Home Machinists fully explains the processes, equipment, and materials for performing some of the most common procedures involved in metal joining, as well as what happens in the joints as they're being made for an even deeper understanding.

Featuring detailed sections on the characteristics of filler metals, brazing techniques, soft soldering techniques, capillary joint design, safety, data on fuel gases, and more, plus practical examples, test pieces, and organized data throughout, this must-have resource is extremely useful for anyone in the metalworking industry.

Chapters include:

The Characteristics of Filler Metals
Soft Solders
Brazing Alloys
Fluxes
Soft Soldering Techniques
Tools for Soft Soldering
Brazing Techniques
Brazing Equipment
Capillary Joint Design
Safety Precautions
Plus 3 invaluable appendices

Author Tubal Cain, the pen name of engineer and craftsman Tom Walshaw, was a skilled engineer and craftsman who wrote several popular home workshop and model engineering guides throughout his career.

Explore practical information and practice a host of useful exercises for small shops, welders, and model engineers, with Soldering and Brazing Handbook for Home Machinists!

"The Home Machinist Series is filled with everything you ever wanted to know about machining and more. I feel quite confident that those who read the whole series, or even just one book, will come away with invaluable and extensive knowledge that will help further their craft."
—Shawn Arnold, Publisher CNC WEST magazine

"There is a wealth of insightful and easy-to-comprehend information for metalworkers in the Home Machinist Series. The books are guaranteed to serve as handy, long-term machining references."
—Alan Richter, Editor at Large, Cutting Tool Engineering magazine