Re: [CR]Paul Reiss and fusion welding

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Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 15:24:27 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Fred Rafael Rednor" <fred_rednor@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Paul Reiss and fusion welding
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.20060926163531.00845450@mailhost.oxford.net>


Even in the UK, fusion welding entails the use of the filler rod:

http://www.matter.org.uk/steelmatter/manufacturing/welding/fusion.html

I believe that the "fusion" part is meant to distinguish between this sort of welding and other forms of joinery such as brazing, soldering, forge welding, bronze welding or whatever...
     Cheers,
     Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia (USA)


--- John Betmanis wrote:


> At 03:31 AM 9/26/06 -0700, Jay Sexton wrote:
>
> >In my (welding) world, fusion welding is melting metal
> together with NO
> ADDED FILLER.
> >Is this your definition Norris? I would never put a bicycle
> on the road
> and trust it
> >would stay together using fusion welding.
>
> Any of you UK folks remember the Dayton Roadmaster from the
> 1950s? Frame
> tubing was A&P Kromo and I believe it was joined using
> resistance welding.
> The "fillets" were narrow ridges. These were by no means high
> quality
> bikes, but lightweights for club riders of limited means.
>
> As for fusion welding. I've seen sheet metal craftsmen join
> thin gauge
> steel at right angles this way, but I would think making
> mitre joints with
> tubing without using filler would not be possible without
> undercutting ald
> losing a lot of strength.
>
>
> John Betmanis
> Woodstock, Ontario
> Canada

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