Originally Posted by TiHabanero

I learned by reading the Paterek manual several times before picking up a torch. I did have basic high school brazing from shop class 30 years before deciding to build a frame, and remembered only a little bit of stuff such as how to light the thing off and the filler follows the heat! The rest of it came from the Paterek manual and some stuff I read in a magazine. If interested, I have the Paterek manual and no longer use it. It is his annotated version, a bit outdated, but still worth reading. Pay for shipping and it is yours.