In Brass:
What braizing rod and flux might work best for an edge joint that's about 6" - 7" long and a skosh thinner on the edge than an eighth of an inch?
The project is a 7.5" diameter solid Elm sphere with a deep pocket cut in it to accommodate the magic rock It sits on a little elm pedestal that captures and cups it just enough.
The big flat ovoid beastly ugly (magic) rock is a snug fit in the pocket.
Making the door has been an issue.
I sliced a pile of apple wood strips that will bend to conform to the spherical shape and looked to laminate them under pressure with epoxy.
Haven't taken it past the slices.
I have got a strip of brass and pounded it to the curvature of the sphere in one dimension but it's still flat across the face. This is the most hopeful so far. It may work but, to assure that the metal doesn't bend from use I gotta weld/braze some brass strips cut along an edge to the sphere geometry and braze them to the under side of the door piece.
What brazing rod and flux might work best?
I don't know if I can trust plumbing silver solder to be striong in this edge joint application that's a scosh thinner than an eighth of an inch