Fe-Wood Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 I want to butt join some copper size is 1/4" X 5/16" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 Draw a little out to use as filler rod, clean it up and tig. Frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 It really depends on the source of the copper. Copper from electrial service is quite often a heart break for the use. It seems that it has some oxide and trace metal inclusion that make it unsuitable for sculptural work. Ivan Bailey, A well known Artist Smith, during a demonstraion of making three dimensional birds for use in gates, related the story of buying several pieces of copper to complete a curved stair railing for a customer in Atlanta that, after bending the individual pieces to fit, tried to fit them to the Rail support only to find that everytime he made the atempt the rail cracked at the joints. He finally had to buy copper that was intend for sculptural use and sell the first, electrical copper, for scrap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fe-Wood Posted April 18, 2009 Author Share Posted April 18, 2009 Uh Oh, I used electrical wire for filler:o Luckily, I did all the bending before welding:rolleyes: Thanks for the tip though:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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