soft solder include anay brasing material. by the look of it it is not silver and it's not silfos it realy look like lead/tin and it is not silly it's CRASY DANGEROUS .
silver will look yelowish, silfos will be black and brass/bronze will look goldish .
i would have tig welded this.
Brass to brass?.... I didn't know that was done.... If so, great idea.... providing you really know what you're doing.... I wouldn't weld it even if it were steel to steel, my skills are not good enough....i would have tig welded this.
Bob
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brass to brass with a tig is as easy as welding steel it needs a lot of head like aluminium but it's welded with toriated electrode sharpen to a fine point on a streight polarity like steel it's the best of both world . i prefere pure argon but argon helium mix is the way to go there you will need to purge the tube to prevent incurtion on the revese (or inside the tube). i normaly use part of my plate as welding rod it's exactly the same aloy so no trouble in fusing but if need be i wil use uncotaded silicone bronze or copper chromium aloy
Well I gotta say I'm with the general consensus. Pretty bad idea. I don't think it's a Darwin award because there just isn't enough volume to toss significant mass around when it fails. I think doing something mechanical into the valve body would have a better idea...and it would have the secondary benefit of adding some valve volume.
Sean
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