Brass plating

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David Vanderhoofven wrote:

<<One of my customers had a solid brass pedal that had a hole worn through
from heavy use.  --- brazed the pedal to fill the worn spot.  After the
buffing and polishing, the brazed part almost matched the original brass.  I
have no idea if the person doing the brazing can try to match the color any
better.>>

Metalworkers who make thngs with different alloys of copper and brass often
weld pieces together with a  bit of what they are welding together.  That is,
they will shear off a strip of the material and use that for brazing rod. The
alloys match exactly even when they don't know what they are. This might be
difficult in the case of a pedal repair, because you have to get the material
from somewhere, but it might be posssible to find a very similar colored piece
of brass, bandsaw it into strips,  and use that to braze. In any event, the
technique is worth remembering.

Bill Simon
Phoenix