Does anyone know, for sure, if brass can be welded to steel ?

Sure. GOOGLE: Braze + Brass + Steel

Jim

Brass and steel cannot be welded togther. However, they can be brazed, silvered soldered, or plain (lead) soldered. Brazing is a very strong joint, nearly the equal of welding in some cases. Silver solder can be nearly as strong, and usually produces a much neater joint than brazing due to the wicking action of the silver solder. It is also a lower temperature process than brazing.

Dennis

This is Turtle.

This fellow is Pervert Dave Just Trolling again.

TURTLE

Silver Soldering IS brazing. Unless you are talking about a low temperature silver bearing solder like Stay-Brite #8, which is just soldering. Different brazing allows melt at different temperatures, from about 1200 degrees to about 1700 degrees F.

NOTE: Do NOT use the stick silver bearing brazing rods that contain phosphorous (like 6% or 15%) when brazing anything to STEEL.. It will form a brittle joint that will eventually break under stress. Use 35% to 50% silver bearing brazing allows that have no phosphorous instead.

Stretch

Please excuse my spelling. Please substitute Alloys for Allows.

Stretch