Reddit reviews Ameriflame MD71TH 6-Inch Light Duty Welding Handle for General Purpose Heating, Brazing, Welding and Other Flame Processes
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Nothing to show yet, but I managed to braze some wire coat hangers together pretty easily using flux coated welding rod and the 0-size tip that came with the Victor kit. Had to be pretty quick to avoid burning through, and my brazing rod is way too big (1/8") but it's definitely possible and the brazing connection was very strong. Certainly good enough for sculpture, wall hangings, etc.
Brazing 1/8" RG 45 rod together is very easy. I'm just using 1/8" flux-coated brazing rod from Home Depot and it works fine. 1/16" rod would probably be better, though. And Goehl is right when he suggests scraping off about half of the flux coating. If you don't it leaves a sticky clear residue. I think I'm going to switch to bare bronze and powdered flux. I ordered a bunch of welding rod from Weldfabulous during their Black Friday sale so I can try some smaller size rods.
I'm glad I have the Victor 100FC handle so I can tackle a variety of stuff but for tiny wire work it seems like a light duty torch might be a better option. I've noticed that Goehl also uses a Smith AW1A light duty torch a lot. For a cheaper "airline" style torch there's the Uniweld 71 and the Ameriflame knockoff. Both of them are cheap and have good reviews on Amazon.
So far I'm mostly practicing laying 1/8" RG 45 down on black iron pipe to try to practice puddle control. My results are terrible but this is a really good practice material. Cheap, easy to get anywhere, and easy to work with. I just throw a set of cheap locking pliers on one end of a piece of pipe to keep it from rolling and go to town on it.
I also did some tests welding short lengths of rebar together and that worked out OK but I think a 0 tip is too small. Probably need at least a 3 or 4. The 0 tip worked but it took a long time to get the material up to temp.