Joining two pieces of bronze

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Is it possible to join two pieces of bronze together via welding or any other techniques and still get relatively good strength?

I have an 1" diameter 8" long bar of bronze (93200) that I was going to melt and cast a pommel. I haven't made any progress on making the pommel out of wax yet and rather than do nothing about it, I am thinking of melting what I have into a plate around 5/16" thick, carve whatever inside shape I need and join the top and bottom piece together (sorry for the lack of technical metal working terms).

I am planning on going to the local blacksmith next weekend where I will have a few hours of access to a forge and perhaps an Evenheat oven. Not sure if those ovens can reach 1100 C but if it can, then I am in luck.

Does anyone know of any specific technique I should use or anything to look out for if I attempt this?

This is the grade of bronze that I bought: https://www.metalsupermarkets.com/metals/bronze/bronze-c932-sae-660/
 
That's leaded bronze , the lead is for free machining but may cause problems during melting or welding !
 
mete said:
I'll do some research . The big website for copper and copper alloys is ..www.copper.org ..
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Thanks. I am still planning on melting down the round bar of bronze into a plate and making two halves out of that. If there isn't a good way to weld two pieces together, I might just secure them with screws.
 
Here are some guides to fabrication of the alloy --http://www.concast.com/c93200.
The solder or braze are the best . Remember that it will suck up lots of heat . You need a good heat source for fast heating.
 
If I'm understanding correctly, then solder is what you want. It's be "silver solder" but you can get it in bronze color so it matches. Use a pencil flame torch of some sort.

Look up how soldering is done for jewelry, that'll probably be the way you need to do it.
 
I use hard silver solder ( silver braze). Use the lower silver content type (50-60%) and the color will match pretty good as soon as the patina sets in. There are brazing rods specially made to match the copper/bronze color, too. The joint is strong.

Clean metal and good fluxing along with just the right flame size and amount of heat are the key to a proper joint.
 
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