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jim:
i've found out about fields metal!!

my grandad used some of this stuff in sixties, i can remember him telling me about this metal they used to fill gaps, he swore it was melted with hot water.
too my shame, i didn't believe him :( :( :(

i've found out about it now, melts at 61 deg, is not soft like lead.

anyone used this stuff?

its £576 +vat a kilo :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh:

bogstandard:
Commonly known in this country as Cerrobend, but not a filler, but an aid to bending, and I think it contains a large amount of antimony.

I used it when working at R-R to help bend up custom SS window frames.

It is now known under another name that you can buy it under, but unfortunately I can't recall what it is.

I can say though, it is nowhere near the price you have quoted.

Bogs

sbwhart:
Yes Cerrobend is the stuff, we use to use it to take casts of die forms to check them on a projector.

When I finally get to make  my boiler for my loco I'd like to try making some stainless steel supper heating tubes they need a tight 360 bend that I'll try doing with cerrobend.

Cheers

Stew

Andy:
The one I know is called Wood's metal. Info here, along with similar types including Cerrobend. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood%27s_metal

Wood's metal available here - http://www.tiranti.co.uk/product.asp?Product=1494

jim:
i found it here

http://www.mutr.co.uk/product_info.php?cPath=6_473&products_id=1581

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