Welding Stainless?

[jmez1996]

Does anybody know if you can braze weld stainless steel tubing?
is there any other way to weld it other than mig/tig welding?
arc welding wouldnt work would it?
cheers

[The Hellforger]

don't braze it, that will look shitty and be weak as fuck.

As far as i know there is nothing that would stop you from sticking it other than those welds will also look shitty but they will be infinitely more durable than a braze could ever dream of being

[jmez1996]

REALLY? so you can stick weld it with an arc welder?
if that works it will be sooo helpful thanks

[The Hellforger]

according to wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shielded_metal_arc_welding

you can arc stainless so you should be good to go

[Crna Legija]

yeah you can arc weld SS, use electrods for stainless steel only if its stainless to stainless or get some weld-all rods. Its fukn hard to get air tight though.

[The Hellforger]

if i were him i would do multiple pass over welds if he has trouble getting it to fully seal

[Crna Legija]

if i were him i would do multiple pass over welds if he has trouble getting it to fully seal

yeah but if it didn't seal initially how would you know its strong enough?
i have welded my own chambers tested to 600psi they leaked so i just epoxyed the gaps lol

[The Hellforger]

the tensile strengths coming out of an arc weld are strong enough that over lapping them to seal should be of no concern.

the number one rule for welding is that a good weld will NEVER, EVER break. if there is any failure at all it should be the metal to either side of the weld that goes. And if it does, is it really a metal we want to be building with?

[Crna Legija]

the tensile strengths coming out of an arc weld are strong enough that over lapping them to seal should be of no concern.

the number one rule for welding is that a good weld will NEVER, EVER break. if there is any failure at all it should be the metal to either side of the weld that goes. And if it does, is it really a metal we want to be building with?

yeah but if it leaked it probably didn't penetrate very well=bad weld.

[The Hellforger]

your right.

i was just giving him the benefit of the doubt of say maybe a small gap in the weld made it through, etc.

[Crna Legija]

your right.

i was just giving him the benefit of the doubt of say maybe a small gap in the weld made it through, etc.

yeah lol i was kinda trollin

[Gippeto]

Have used used silver solder (18000psi tensile) to braze 316 stainless as well as low and medium carbon steels...easy to do with the proper flux and no problems with leakage or joint strength. Calculate the lap area of the joint and use a decent safety factor(6). Shear strength if not published outright, will be 60% of tensile strength.

Since we're talking tubing and not pipe...blow through may be an issue with a stick welder....depending upon your skill level with the welder.

[jhalek90]

Braze it.
If done right, it will look the cleanest, and be plenty strong.
I brazed and tig welded SS for 3 years, if you need any help PM me.

[jmez1996]

Yeah i have some silver solder but no oxy acetylene, only propane at the moment so brazing in general would take forever to heat, although if it does work i may look into this

However i do have an arc welder and yesterday I tried it with stainless and it worked pretty well, so ill look at getting some stainless steel welding rods.

Thanks.

[biged]

Sorry for the late reply. You can arc or mig to regular steel with stainless without any worries.

When the materials are properly welded, ground and polished it just looks damn sexy.

This is a pic of a replica T&E I built for a 1919a4.
The outside "ring" is from a stainless steel pipe, and the center plate material is just mild steel. The stainless gave it that old/worn/used look.




///ed///