[modeleng] Re: Where are you all?

Hi Harry

Good to hear from you!     Join the Club - I think that there are few 
welders worse than me!     Brazing brass (or brass welding) is a sod - your 
weld is going well, and suddenly the object being welded disappears in a 
puff of smoke!

Cheers!   Hubert

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Harry Wade" <hww@xxxxxxxx>
To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 3:13 PM
Subject: [modeleng] Re: Where are you all?


> Life seems to be full of "chores" right now but in spare moments I 
> continue with my 2X TICH.  The focus lately has been on the fabrication of 
> the smokebox stand/saddle.  This is being built-up of steel plate by a 
> combination of welding and brazing and has been a real pig although so far 
> it's coming out nicely.  I am an atrocious welder so I knew going in I'd 
> make a mess of that part of it, and I considered making a pattern and have 
> it cast in iron, but with none except an aluminum foundary available I 
> decided to go with fabrication.  The next job will be applying brazed 
> fillets in a few corners to simulate a casting.  I've never brazed used 
> brass/brz filler rod before so this should be interesting.
> Cheers,
> Harry

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