Production-style massive fillets.

[steve garro]

With the new 44mm HT I have found it hard to place enough filler to get a big enough fillet to clean & wash out properly.
Yesterday I bumped up to a Victor #3 with these results with 1/16" rodIMG_0844.JPG - anyone ever actually use 1/8" or 3/32" rod for big fillets?
- Garro.

[Clockwork]

I use 3/32" Gaslfux rods and really like it. Being able to dump more brass in helps with my heat control and keeps the fillet where I want it.

-Joel

[shiggy]

Reportedly, Tom Ritchey used 1/4" rod when brazing the Everest unicrown forks. Those things looked like they were molded.

[steve garro]

Reportedly, Tom Ritchey used 1/4" rod when brazing the Everest unicrown forks. Those things looked like they were molded.

Those have a shitload of brass for sure!!!!
Ever see one unpainted?
100% dyna-file.
Melting a 1/4" rod is pretty daunting...............
- Garro.

[benson]

Those have a shitload of brass for sure!!!!
Ever see one unpainted?
100% dyna-file.
Melting a 1/4" rod is pretty daunting...............
- Garro.

Here is a photo I stole from ebay a while back:

[steve garro]

Here is a photo I stole from ebay a while back:

Yep.
I love how the crown race is faced into the fillet.
- Garro.

[Will Neide]

That Ritchey crown is so clean looking!

[Eric Estlund]

1/4" rod isn't much different, though things go from slow to fast quickly. I use a modest amount of 3/32 for my medium-ish fillets (though I still prefer the smaller stuff).

[EricKeller]

I'm not sure that going with a bigger diameter rod helps fillet size so much as not having to grab another rod quite so soon. I like using 3/32, never gone bigger than that

[edoz]

Reportedly, Tom Ritchey used 1/4" rod when brazing the Everest unicrown forks. Those things looked like they were molded.

When I attended his seminar last year at NAHBS, he said he'd even used 5/32" rod at times. No paste flux, gasfluxer only.

[steve garro]

I'm not sure that going with a bigger diameter rod helps fillet size so much as not having to grab another rod quite so soon. I like using 3/32, never gone bigger than that

I'm sure it does.
Often it seems that you are just adding to the internal fillet and not building up the external.
- Garro.

[JimFrain]

I went from 1/16 to 3/32 and it was instant big-ol'-fillets. I found it works with my torch-style much better to lay down the bead. for me, 1/16 is perfect for dropouts and stuff like that.

Party on.