oxy/acetylene filler metal?
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EddieWalker
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Same here on the coat hangers. I've never compared cost of rod versus coat hangers, but for the minimal amount of gas welding I do, coat hangers work great.
My neighbor is a certified welder and he uses coat hangers too. I had a metal hydraulic line for my blade bend in half by a tree on my dozer. I cut it and cleaned up the edges, but had him weld it back together. He used a coat hanger. I don't know the preasure that line handles, but it doesn't leak at all.
Eddie
My neighbor is a certified welder and he uses coat hangers too. I had a metal hydraulic line for my blade bend in half by a tree on my dozer. I cut it and cleaned up the edges, but had him weld it back together. He used a coat hanger. I don't know the preasure that line handles, but it doesn't leak at all.
Eddie
Farwell
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Coat hangers when you run out of the copper coated rod and copper electrical wire when you run out of brazing rod. Don't remember the flux I used with the copper wire but it worked well in most cases. I once used gold rod when I gold flossed hydraulic lines when I worked for Southern Pacific when I was a kid.
Farwell
Farwell
either rod you have there will work nicely. You never know what kind of cheap metal is in a coat hanger, you are better off with real filler metal that has been rated unless you are welding 2 coat hangers together, then I would use a coat hanger as a filler.