[h2odragon]

yes but not quite to SMD levels. on the other hand I'm able to solder copper pipe for plumbing and stills and have successfully patched radiators and some some stuff that would count as "small welding"

"delegate the soldering" ... do you mean sell an electronic product as a kit? there's probably useful discussions about that you might look at, many people do kit / assembled options for small run manufacture.

[zkirill]

> do you mean sell an electronic product as a kit?

Not quite. The person who would do the soldering would not necessarily be the end consumer. They would do it as part of a network of assemblers, for a fee or pro-bono as a community service. I wrote about this in more detail on the project page [1].

[1] https://flyingcarcomputer.com/posts/flying-car-mechanic-netw...

[JohnFen]

"Small welding"? Do you mean brazing?

[h2odragon]

as well. but where's the line?

I've stuck 1in angle iron together and had it stay stuck under load. I count that as welding, with some pride.

but then i've seen folks weld together an excavator that broke (in half) halfway up the main arm. and then seen the machine finish the job with their repair. that's real welding, so i can only claim "small".

[JohnFen]

I get it.

Technically speaking, welding is when you've melted the two pieces together so they form an integral piece. Brazing is when you're "gluing" two pieces together using the metal of the brazing rod as the glue.

Brazing is not necessarily a weaker bond than welding, depending, but is usually done either as a temporary repair until welding can be done later (because you can braze with a blowtorch instead of a welding machine), or when you're bonding two metals that are different enough that welding is not possible.

Technically speaking, soldering is a form of brazing.