225LX problems

[jtybt]

I tried welding up a rod holder(fishing pole) from 3/8" solid bar and it seems to work fine on heavy stuff. At least the blast didn't seem to affect anything, using both button and foot.

I have some 3/16" brazing rods I want to put in to fill some of the spaces. This is a rough example of what I'm thinking of. How do you weld them to SS?

[performance]

You can't weld brass to SS. You can braze it with O/A or low amp tig, but the two metals are incompatible. You'd end up melting the pieces of rod though and you'd need flux.