Putting older posts here. Going to try to keep the novice forum pruned about 90 days work. The 'good' old stuff is going to be put into appropriate forums.
Short answer = yes. If in doubt, consider that it does.
It is most absurdly said, in popular language, of any man, that he is disguised in liquor; for, on the contrary, most men are disguised by sobriety. ~Thomas de Quincy, Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, 1856
I'm going to pick up a lead testing kit even though I've read that they are unreliable. Is there anything I can do about it if it does have lead? like cover up the old solder with new lead-free solder or even de solder everything and resolder it
A lot of old copper pieces were brazed together, if the joints look to be a brass color then it probably has been brazed. But if it is lead solder, you probably will have to melt off all of the old stuff, then re-solder, to be on the safe side.
im guessing its lead based tin. i have a beautiful copper vase i wanted to use as the mounting base for a new still head. but when i went to clean it,, i found it to be mostly lead. if its really soft (easy to gouge with a knife) its probably lead.