Thanks Jeff.
Thanks Julián. I have seen the syringes of silver solder but never used them. I usually cut off small pieces from flattened silver braze wire and...
Thanks John, I will be bringing the BF to Snowdonia with its new cage.
Just got my first Bowl Fire, which came with a cage. After very little trouble I got it to work, sort of.. [ATTACH] The cage is in reasonable...
@ColinG Homemade replacement cleaning needle for Tilley Guardsman
@pete sav , I got mine from here Search - Beading needles
Extra fine beading needles (0.2mm) work well [ATTACH]
Thanks everyone for the nice comments.
Thanks.
Thanks Colin
I am down to my last pre-heater torch and decided to make one. This is how to do it using a strip of steel sheet and a clothes peg, and using a...
@Tony Press You make a good point. I used Silver-flo 55 (mp 630-660C) as it is my ‘go to’ filler which I regularly use on stove burners. However...
If you want to try it, this is a mock-up of the brazing rig. Flux was Easyflo and the braze was Silverflo 55. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Now that I know I can control the heat (I used a chef's butane torch) so that I don't destroy either the needle or the shaft, and I know that the...
Thanks for all the comments. My mistake. The needles are 0.2mm, the same width as the spring wire.
I have several Guardsman cleaning needles with the points broken and decided to try to make replacements using extra fine beading needles (0.02mm...
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