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Post by silverfox on Jul 5, 2020 21:55:45 GMT
Goetting to the syage where i have to solder the lamp brackets Are the jewllers clamp stands any good. There are several on ebay atound 10.00, but i was wondering if they well stand close heat. I have the micro burners for the Deivert ans thet produce a reasonably small flame Or any other suggestions/recommendations? Thanks
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2020 22:11:08 GMT
Hi Ron
Were the lamp irons not bolted on?.. if so worth repeating...I recall Chris Vine's comment in his book about trying to keep such parts as removeable as it helps greatly when painting.
If you do solder then on, soft solder should be good enough, if going silver solder I'd use 0.5 mm wire for small parts.
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Post by Jim on Jul 5, 2020 22:26:19 GMT
Personally I use soft solder for most jobs and keep silver solder for the tasks that really require it.
Jim
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Post by silverfox on Jul 5, 2020 23:42:34 GMT
Peter
I got all the lamp parts cut by Malcolm, and have already got the 12BA slotless screws from EKP to attach them front and rear.
The rear tender ones are in three part The lamp iron itaelf, the base and the upright that attaches to the tender!I need an octopus to assist in holding that lot together, and yes soft solder will be used, on which topic . what is the best wattage for a soldering iron? I have seen them up to 50w. There is one in Toolstation that can adjust the heat
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2020 10:02:25 GMT
Hi Ron, I rarely use a standard soldering iron, I have a small workstation with variable control, it can go up to 400c which covers everything that I'll need from an iron, it also has a variety of different sized tips, some very small which are good for small parts. I bought it for 'O' gauge brass kits but it's also very good on the bigger stuff. To be honest though, for jobs like yours I'd probably use a small blow torch, bakers fluid and 180c electrical solder. Holding parts is always a tricky affair, for steel parts I like magnets but it does depend on whether the part concerned has a long enough section which can be held by the magnet and keep the part that needs soldering far enough away that heat can enclose the joint properly without it all going to the magnet which will act as a big heat sink. Miniature wooden pegs are also handy but you need to work fast with the heat or your peg will fall apart... Pete
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Post by silverfox on Jul 6, 2020 13:47:06 GMT
Thanks Peter
The variable one from Toolstation looks ok
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Post by gwr7800 on Jul 10, 2020 14:55:45 GMT
Peter I got all the lamp parts cut by Malcolm, and have already got the 12BA slotless screws from EKP to attach them front and rear. The rear tender ones are in three part The lamp iron itaelf, the base and the upright that attaches to the tender!I need an octopus to assist in holding that lot together, and yes soft solder will be used, on which topic . what is the best wattage for a soldering iron? I have seen them up to 50w. There is one in Toolstation that can adjust the heat I was working with 12 BA slotless screws a few days ago, Iam sure they get smaller as I get older! Lost quite a few as well! 10 BA is just as bad, had 300 on a7 plank wagon to do! Cheers Chris
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Post by silverfox on Jul 10, 2020 17:47:35 GMT
Chris
That is bordering on masochism
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