Like many, I've been on the stick for over 40 years, and O/A about 35. Question:
Someone just told me they had stick welded (SMAW) using bronze rod. Knowing the typical liquidus of LFB, I immediately balked at the idea and thought the individual a little off base. Just to be sure, has this process ever been successfully employed, and I missed the boat somewhere?
I dunno, I just did a web search, I am by no means any sort of an expert. I am WAYYY bored at my day job today. I weld at school 4 nights a week, 5-6 hours a night.
I've used silicon bronze MIG wire for welding of galvanized steel sheet metal. I've never used it in stick form, but I don't see why it would not be available.
Hello FabFanatic, as some of the other posters have included their experiences, this is a little bit of what I have experienced and know. I have used various chemistries of silicon bronze at various times over thirty some years for GTAW welding. I have also seen and used a couple of bronze type wires for the GMAW process. There are a number of different bronze type SMAW electrodes in the weld shop where I have taught now for the past 18 years, yet oddly enough I haven't tried running any of them(we have a modge podge of different electrodes that have been donated from various sources over the years), I'll see about changing that when I get the chance. I believe the rods that are in our shop are made by Unibraze and All State electrodes, although I can't remember that for certain right now. If I get the opportunity I'll try some of these electrodes out and try to included some information for you about how they appear to work, or as Jenn included, I'll try to gain some information off of the internet to add. Best regards and thanks for starting an interesting thread. aevald
Years ago when I worked in a shop that did mostly repair work, I used SMAW and GMAW to build up bronze pump impellers for remachining. If I remember correct, it was extremely smokey and took a little getting used to. It had somewhat of a sporatic arc too. I rarely used it to join two pieces together, when it came to that, I would usually break out the acetylene torch and brazing rod.
We had some bronze [of some sort] smaw electrodes at the auto frame plant, I never saw them used for anyting. I thought a few may have followed Me home, but I couldn't find any amongst My stash.
I dunno, I just did a web search, I am by no means any sort of an expert. I am WAYYY bored at my day job today. I weld at school 4 nights a week, 5-6 hours a night.
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