[modeleng] Re: Silversolder
- From: "Ron Head" <ron.head@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2005 11:53:48 -0000
Hi Jesse
Very interesting! When you say it "broke in the joint" do you mean that it
was the silver solder itself that suffered the tensile failure? i.e. was
there silver solder visible on both halves of the fractured joint?
Regards
Ron Head
Oxford UK
----- Original Message -----
From: "JESSE LIVINGSTON" <fernj1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 2:19 AM
Subject: [modeleng] Re: Silversolder
> Gents,
>
> We were discussing and cussing the advisability of silver soldering leaded
> steels so I took it upon myself to experiment with some 12L14 7/32"
> round
> stock. Ground the ends square on two pieces and silver soldered them
> together in a butt joint. When cool, I stuck one end in my vise (vice in
> Old Blighty and Oz) and proceeded to hammer the protruding end to see how
> far I could bend it before it broke. Got it bent about 30 to 45 degrees
> before it broke in the joint. Then took some 1018 steel rod and tried the
> same test. It broke at about the same number of degrees (estimated). I
> then ground two pieces of 12L14 at 45° angle, butted them together and
> soldered that joint. Bent it the same way and it bent a few degrees more
> before it too broke in the joint. From these primitive tests I would say
> that the 12L14 held as well as the 1018 alloy did. Possibly other leaded
> alloys than 12L14 might not hold silver solder as well, but I doubt it.
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