of each end of the strip of metal touch together. This
joint can be brazed but there will be i-i6th of an inch
of brass in the joint and it goes without saying that the
joint will be much weaker than if the steel had been
&tted closely together, as shown by sketch B.
This sketch shows a very well fitted joint and the
resulting ferrule will be strong and good looking. There
will be a wide streak ot brass the entire lengUi of the
object




Fig. 36. — Brazing a Ferrule.
When extra strength is required in a ferrule the joint
shown by sketch C should be employed. Here the metal
has been scarfed and lapped and to make it fit as tight at
possible a small rivet is drilled through the lap and lightlv
headed down. The novice in brazing reed not be afraid
that he will fit the joint so well that no brass wilt get
into it That is impossible. If a hole be drilled through
a plate and a plug driven into that hole as tightly as
possible then the plug may be riveted on each side of the
plate and subjected to the brazing operation, after which
ii will be found that the brags has followed through the
entire thickness of the plate beside the rivet. Therefore
no matter how closely the joint may be fitted brass will
find its way into it during the brazing, and as stated the
closer the fitting and the less brass in the joint the strong-
er it will be.
