Brazing
Types of brazing flux
Changing the type of brazing flux you use can yield different results in the brazed parts. There are 3 types of flux we will talk about: White flux, black flux, and purified flux. Black flux tends to be more forgiving … Continue…
Tags: black flux, Brazing, brazing flux, white flux
Carbide Tips- preventing cracking
Cracks in carbide tips can be caused by a number of things. One of the more common causes of cracks in carbide tips the technique used to cool the carbide after brazing. To save time, many people will try to … Continue…
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Solving Brazing Problems- Part 3
In our final blog in our series Solving Brazing Problems we will discuss how improper brazing temperatures and gas entrapment can affect the braze joint. We have already gone over how switching to a different type of brazing flux, or … Continue…
Tags: Braze alloy, braze joint, brazing problems
Solving Brazing Problems-part 2
There are many things that can cause brazing problems to occur. In the first part of this series, Solving Brazing Problems, we discussed how cleaning the steel before brazing and cleaning the saw tips can have a great effect on … Continue…
Tags: black flux, Braze alloy, Brazing, brazing flux, saw tip
How to Braze- Part 3
Welcome to our series on how to braze! We have put together a tutorial on how to braze and broken it up into 4 parts. We will be adding a new post every few days so be sure to check … Continue…
Tags: Braze alloy, Brazing, carbide tips, how to braze
How to braze- part 2
Welcome to our series on how to braze! We have put together a tutorial on how to braze and broken it up into 4 parts. We will be adding a new post every few days so be sure to check … Continue…
Tags: black flux, Braze alloy, brazing flux, Flux, how to braze, saw plate, white flux
How to Braze- part 1
How to braze- A 4-part series on how to braze carbide tips Welcome to our series on how to braze! We have put together a tutorial on how to braze and broken it up into 4 parts. We will be adding … Continue…
Tags: Brazing, carbide tips, cleaning steel, how to braze, saw plate
Overpressuring Braze Joints
Wasting Money to Make Bad Saws Lately I have seen a great number of saw blades where braze alloy is being wasted. Some of these are on custom-built and mil saws but it is also extremely common on factory saws … Continue…
Tags: brazed tools, Brazing, Quality, saw blade, saw blades
Can This 10” Saw Blade Be Saved?
Online question: Two teeth came off my “Big Box Store” saw blade. Should I keep using it? Answer It depends on how and why the teeth came off. Typically those teeth are about a C-4 grade which gives you a … Continue…
Tags: circular saws, Quality, safety
How Much Should Braze Alloy Flow
When brazing a half inch long carbide saw tip to a steel saw plate. The braze alloy flat should be 0.005” to 0.010” maximum with a half inch long tip White bars The braze alloy should flow onto the plate … Continue…
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