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Brass_Machine:
--- Quote from: Powder Keg on March 19, 2012, 10:16:38 PM ---...I decided to braze them all up while I had the torch out...
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That is something I have always wanted to learn to do. Would you do a little write up on brazing?
Powder Keg:
Brazing is super simple:o) Make sure your pieces are clean and watch your heat. Too hot is bad. After you are done resist the urge to bang the part in water to cool it off. That will weaken a brazed joint. Just let it cool naturally. There are a ton of videos on YouTube.
Brazing video
This one was pretty interesting. I'll have to ty it.
Copper wire Brazing
~Wes~
Powder Keg:
I've been cleaning up the brazing a little the last few evenings. almost ready to paint. I am thinking about adding a mount for a rear caliper. Just in case I need to add a hand brake later on. With the seat so far back It might be a wheelie machine :med:
~Wes~
Powder Keg:
It's been slow going the last few days:o( I went and got me a Cold :bang: To make it worse the weather has been Awesome!!! I might go out and poke around in the shop today though :wave:
~Wes~
Powder Keg:
The stainless for my new springer bolts showed up\o/
The old bolts were just barley long enough.
I wanted to go with stainless Ny-locks. They are a tad longer than the old nuts that were on the springer. The nylon part wouldn't have touched the bolt.
It's nice to be able to make your own parts. I'm making the shank a few thousandths of an inch bigger to take up the wear in the bushings.
Here I am single point threading the end.
I cut them off and faced the end up so they look nice:o) I made the heads a 1/16" longer than the originals so that my wrench would stay on better.
More later\o/
~Wes~
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