Where do you stand on one of the eternal questions of metalwork: brazing, or welding? As your Hackaday writer, and the daughter of a blacksmith, it’s very much on the welding side here.

When electrical contacts need to be connected, brazing does not result in the increased resistivity between contacts that welding creates. Brazing's capillary action. Image credit: Abbott Furnace To ...

Workpiece spacing - Joint spacing is essential to the brazing process. Smaller workpiece spacing results in a stronger joint; optimal spacing is typically around 0.001 to 0.005 inches. Spacing that is ...