A few of the pictures of the before and after jobs, I did yesterday : The hardest part is not the job, but the confidence to have a go. I decided to silbraze it from the inside of the burner basket, and rested the basket against the fire bricks, to give the right angle, so that if the S/B did puddle, it only went where I wanted it to go. Job done, not perfect, not that I am looking for perfection. I use a bog standard blowtorch, nothing special, with " GoSystem 2350 Butane/Propane mixed Gas " The silbraze I use is : SILVER FLO 55 WIRE JOHNSON MATTHEY, with their own flux. I tried using precoated flux, but I cant get on with it. I heat the bottom of the rod, dip it into the flux to load, obviously heat the work up, and apply. Reload as before if necessary. I find it easier for me, to hold the rod with a pair of pliers, as I have bad tremors. I cant work at a bench, so I squat down outside on the shed doorstep, where I need the good UV to see.
Hi iani thats a realy nice neat job, you have done on the burner basket, I am puzzled how it got in such a state,it is obvious it has realy been used at a very high if not over powered,i may be wrong but looking at the pic of the outside of the burner basket it looks like it had been heated from the outside. iani what did you use a brass fillet to bridge the whole for the silbraze
Well done Ian, a good job and I know from experience that once the small jobs are easy to do , the bigger ones are not as daunting to tackle. Si
That's a really good job there Ian, fantastic, well done Erm... where did you get your supplies from? I might attempt something similar soon but have no idea of how to do this kind of workmanship
Very tidy work 8) , great feeling of satifaction when the job goes well , give yourself a pat on the back 8) Stu
Damn fine job Ian and I know from experience - one of which was a certain industrial burner jet nipple of yours - that the thin/small bits of brass are the easiest to 'cook'. Butane/propane less likely to overcook small/thin pieces, so a wise choice, but a MAPP mix fuel and torch is essential for the larger stuff. I expect that with that collection of yours, even though the many pieces you've featured on CCS are pristine, you'll surely have no shortage of silbrazing jobs to put right bits and bobs such as that. John
Hi Brian No brass fillet used - just the angle of the fire-brick. I dont find any of these jobs easy, I struggle on a daily basis - why ? - 10 years ago I had an unexplained collapse - tests couldn't show why. Over time, I was getting very very tired and fatigued. I started having severe headaches at night time. ~When I looked at light, all I could see was a halo, no I wasn't going to heaven, although at times, I wish I had of done. Occasionally I would get a numbness down my right leg, when I was in the truck. I said to a work colleague, some years later, that I wouldn't be doing this job, in six months time - what a self fulfilling prophesy, that was. Three years ago, I was involved in a rear-end shunt in the car, after finishing work. I tried carrying on working, but after a few days, went to the doctors, started getting the usual neck problems, after whiplash. Was given pain killers, Anti-inflammatories etc. It got to the point where I couldn't drive the truck anymore. The neck pain got progressively worse, and my eyes started playing up - went to the Optician, told me I had a detached Retina and sent me straight to the hospital. They told me to come back in two hours - we are going to laser your eyes - because of Glaucoma - What the ****, was my response ! Anyway, it turned out that I had : Chronic Open Angle Glaucoma which would have been causing the blinding headaches that I had been suffering. I was having check ups regularly over a period of weeks, and I said to them " I came up here, for a detached Retina, which no-one had checked ! " They then put me on another machine to check my Retina - I think they were very embarassed about it. It turns out that I also had Macular Degeneration in the right eye, along with Retinal pigment epthelial detachment. They also found that I have Exophoria in my right eye. I have also got Drusen in my left eye. So folks, if you start getting blinding headaches, and if you look at the screen of your computer, and it looks bowed, again, get to your Optician/Doctor immediately. I still get a pain in my eyes, its just like someone poking a pin in my eye. I suffer from Hayfever, and this year it has been horrendous for my eyes, the soreness ! I want to rip them out at times. I find walking difficult now, as the Arthritis in the neck, and lower back has got worse, and I have an absolute dread of winter. The cold and poor light conditions. With the eye problem as well, I quite often lose my balance, and go arse over tit. So, chaps - you dont have to be a smart arse or a clever dick to try to do the sil brazing.
