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MotorbikeMike
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Solder technics
Hi Jim, well, "sweating" is a process I used in doing copper plumbing.
You flux the area, then apply heat where you want the copper to flow, playing your solder along the edge, and it will hydrolicly suck into the viod.
Then, after you get it sweated, back off, let it cool, then you can "play" the flame and lay the solder down as filler on top of the cut edge.
If you wanted, tho, just sweat it down, and use bondo or other filler on top of the cut.
The trick would be to shape the flange of the cap so it fits the can well. Then flux it well, good fluxing will sometimes include "brushing" the fluxed area with the flame to "set" or etch in the flux. Anyway. once well fluxed, I'd pop-rivit that cap's flange with small steel rivits, this will insure it does not move....ever.
now sweat it, fill it, and paint it.
if you are gentle with the flame, you will be surprised how much lead you can lay up.
Mike
Hi Jim, well, "sweating" is a process I used in doing copper plumbing.
You flux the area, then apply heat where you want the copper to flow, playing your solder along the edge, and it will hydrolicly suck into the viod.
Then, after you get it sweated, back off, let it cool, then you can "play" the flame and lay the solder down as filler on top of the cut edge.
If you wanted, tho, just sweat it down, and use bondo or other filler on top of the cut.
The trick would be to shape the flange of the cap so it fits the can well. Then flux it well, good fluxing will sometimes include "brushing" the fluxed area with the flame to "set" or etch in the flux. Anyway. once well fluxed, I'd pop-rivit that cap's flange with small steel rivits, this will insure it does not move....ever.
now sweat it, fill it, and paint it.
if you are gentle with the flame, you will be surprised how much lead you can lay up.
Mike