Hi Dennis I don't believe in making possibly slanderous comments based on hearsay, so I didn't mention the name of the company on this list. But if you really want to know, I'll send it to you off-list. Regards Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Jewitt" <dennis.jewitt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 8:57 AM Subject: [modeleng] Re: Replacable Tips now silver solder > Hello Ron, > Can you tell us who the supplier was ? I am not anxious to > be caught this way. > > Best > Regards > Dennis > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ron Head" <ron.head@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 11:50 PM > Subject: [modeleng] Re: Replacable Tips now silver solder > > >> Hi Clif >> >> I heard another horror story yesterday. If you follow Doug Hewson's >> articles in EIM, you will read that he has had to scrap a boiler due to >> cracking of the silver solder. I met Doug at the Midlands exhibition >> yesterday and he told me that the solder was sold to him as Easyflo, but > it >> was actually an equivalent supplied by a well known advertiser who also >> attends most of the shows. The suspicion is that the silver content is >> reclaimed and contains impurities that affect the properties, i.e. >> causing >> embrittlement. Doug says he knows several other people who have had > similar >> trouble. >> >> I asked Doug if he quenches his boilers and he says yes (gently with a > fine >> spray from a hose), but hasn't had this problem of cracking before. The >> solder takes on a distinct greyish colour when pickled, instead of the >> expected bright colour. >> >> There would seem to be two lessons here: >> 1) Don't quench boilers. >> 2) Only buy the best i.e. Johnson Matthey for use on boilers. >> >> The show, by the way, was brilliant - much better than Donington IMHO. >> >> Regards >> Ron >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Clif Walker" <clif.gwr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 9:41 AM >> Subject: [modeleng] Replacable Tips >> >> >> > ......Now the box of tips that I was using were purchased at the > Harrogate >> > show from a tool stand that were selling 12 tool tips in Sandvik boxes, >> > cheap. >> > After the second broken tip, I put onto the tool a tip that I know is a >> > real Sandvik and everything was perfect. >> > >> > So now the moral of this story is beware of Show Bargains as the actual >> > tips in the box judging from the first ones perfomance are definitely > not >> > Sandvik. >> > >> > >> > Regards >> > >> > Clif >> >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this outgoing message. >> Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >> Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.12.4/142 - Release Date: >> 18/10/2005 >> MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. >> >> To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, >> modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject > line. > > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, > modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject > line. > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.12.4/142 - Release Date: 18/10/2005 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.12.4/142 - Release Date: 18/10/2005 MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.