Nickle Silver sheeting/ Flatwork material

[Ronsonic]

Something from McMaster Carr???

I know squat about the various nickel alloys but there's a lot to choose from there, and hopefully something that'll work for you.

McMaster-Carr

[David Schwab]

Something from McMaster Carr???

I know squat about the various nickel alloys but there's a lot to choose from there, and hopefully something that'll work for you.

McMaster-Carr

They don't carry nickel silver. Nickel silver is a form of white brass. The alloy is 60% copper, 20% nickel and 20% zinc.

[FunkyKikuchiyo]

german silver and stainless should be pretty hard to confuse! The color and texture are very different - sometimes different alloys (or tolerances, rather) can make these drift towards each other, but typically the differences are dramatic. Those of us who have done lots of fretting can probably spot it in seconds. Especially if you start working with it - under a good set of clippers german silver is almost gooey feeling compared to the stainless. When you grind it, the german silver conducts heat a lot better than stainless and will travel across the whole piece while on stainless it will most often stay local.

I've soldered to stainless before with no real difficulty, although I was working with preexisting solder joints, not trying to start my own - I imagine that is pretty difficult.

[StarryNight]

I've soldered to stainless before with no real difficulty, although I was working with preexisting solder joints, not trying to start my own - I imagine that is pretty difficult.

I wonder if a small/hobby TIG welder would be easier for joining seams?

[Joe Gwinn]

I wonder if a small/hobby TIG welder would be easier for joining seams?

TIG welders that work are pretty expensive, and welding is a real skill. Especially to weld very thin sheet.

Soft soldering (below red heat) is far easier. Stainless is no harder to solder than ordinary steel, but you must have the correct kind of liquid acid flux, or things won't go well.