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From: Steve Firth on 21 Nov 2009 09:15
Dave Plowman (News) <dave(a)davenoise.co.uk> wrote:

> In article <62sdg5h5qgveq3lujt5rm6l1js6hvcv5bk(a)4ax.com>,
> Chris Bolus <chrisB(a)RILEYELFb0lus.com> wrote:
> > >Mind you, I made a Hunter convertible, simply by brazing up the doors
> > >shut and angle-grinding the roof off :) No problem with stiffening,
> > >there.
>
> > Brazing... don't like the sound of that on something that has become
> > structural!
>
> Depends. Some modern brazing methods are as strong as a weld. Maybe even
> stronger.

I've certainly been impressed by the quality of brazed joints I've been
able to managed recently using pre-fluxed rods. I was hoping that it was
forty years of practice eventually paying off, but I suspect that it's
an improvement in gas torches and brazing rods that's the real cause.
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