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Offline Brass_Machine

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Silver soldering
« on: January 08, 2011, 11:35:35 PM »
I got a bunch of this stuff: Harris stay-silv. 4 bundles worth. I know 3 are the 15 and 1 is the 6. Is this stuff good for doing the silver soldering we do as modelers?

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Offline Jasonb

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Re: Silver soldering
« Reply #1 on: January 09, 2011, 03:23:11 AM »
Not really, its a low silver content solder used mostly for refridgeration pipes etc and has about 2% silver.  For boiler work you want to be looking at 42% or above.

It may well do for tacking a few low stress items together for fabrication work or low pressure pipework on air engines etc.

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