Re: Tungsten gap erosion

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Hollmike-at-aol-dot-com>



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> Also, can tungsten and/or tungsten carbide be soldered or brazed?  I note 
> tool bits and blades have tungsten tips that look brazed but I did not know 
> if that was something a regular guy could do with a torch? 
>
> I hope to get some testing done with Marc's electrodes and some of this 
> triggered gap stuff this weekend :-))  Also thinking along the lines of a 
> really reliable long life gap for Ted's coil. 
>
> Cheers, 
>
>    Terry 



I have brazed 1/8 inch by 2 inch tungsten electrodes to the inside of a 1/8 
inch copper tube with success.  Just used a silver braze(don't even remember 
the type now) that was meant for hard soldering copper pipe. 
Mike