[modeleng] Re: Free Cutting Steel

An interesting comment IP! Lead is in ordinary solder and silver is often 
found in lead ore (with lead being a by product of the silver refining), so 
I would have thought that silver soldering material with traces of lead 
would not present any problems. I also thought that free machining EN1A 
steel only contained minute traces of lead, "just enough" as it were, but 
would these be enough to cause it all not to work please? My reason for 
asking these questions is that I was going to silver solder some t/c tips on 
to free machining steel tools, for my wood turning.

Tony.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pendragon" <idpriest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2005 9:49 PM
Subject: [modeleng] Re: Free Cutting Steel


> Gents,
>
> Material with lead in it cannot be silver soldered, not easily anyway, =
> don't
> know if its possible to weld though.
>
> Regards IP


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