10-10-2014, 01:13 PM
Hi to both.
If you try to weld bronze with bronze you will end up with a hole. The normal procedure is to use a low temperature melting alloy (like silver alloy) tu use as a joining "glue".
No one knows how many pieces you have seen but, many of them show both: hinges and rings, something that has not a logical explanation if rings are such a good joining system.
Hi Alanus
What you are pointing is exactly what I was pointing, you can pour melted bronze to another metal, but not with same bronze.
About the quality and resistance of bronze, history shows the replacement by iron in many items, because its better flexion and stress properties.
If you try to weld bronze with bronze you will end up with a hole. The normal procedure is to use a low temperature melting alloy (like silver alloy) tu use as a joining "glue".
No one knows how many pieces you have seen but, many of them show both: hinges and rings, something that has not a logical explanation if rings are such a good joining system.
Hi Alanus
What you are pointing is exactly what I was pointing, you can pour melted bronze to another metal, but not with same bronze.
About the quality and resistance of bronze, history shows the replacement by iron in many items, because its better flexion and stress properties.
