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Joe d:
Put a serving on the cable

made a couple of tries to splice it in hand, after enough of that frustration made up a miniature rigger's vice and things went much better

finished it off by serving over the splice, and here it is:

now back to some metal bashing, started shaping the sides of the tender

And that's all for now.

Joe

R.G.Y.:
Just caught up with your build. I see you clamping the "T" together to solder. Obviously it worked, but I use a different method. I build large scale sailing ships, which need a lot of awkward shaped small parts soldered. I embed the parts in a small lump of fire cement, this sets as soon as heat is applied, and cracks off after. When purchased in a tub put small amounts in polythene bags, put back in the tub with a small amount of water in the bottom. In this way it will keep for years.

Joe d:
RGY

This sounds interesting. Please expand on "fire cement", not a term I'm familiar with.

I'm certainly keen on something that would be more secure than the clamps, and
less of a heat-sink.

Thanks, Joe

vtsteam:
Hey great work Joe -- I just caught up! Love the rigging, shackle and thimble construction, and the stack looks great!

Fire cement here, at least, is bought in a tub, and is a mix of fire clay and waterglass (sodum silicate) used in patching the inside of a fireplace or chimney, and sometimes as a mortar for laying firebrick.

https://www.rutland.com/p/104/refractory-cement

Joe d:
Thanks Steve.

Now that you've shown me, I recognize what RGY is talking about. I suspect VERY strongly that this will get
tried out,I can see where it would greatly simplify any number of fabrications. We even have it
here, so I won't have to head south to Rutland :)

Cheers, Joe

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