Well this is a trip down "where we were".
Found this posting and went back and looked at our first ones and those now.
But also want to share with you a tip how to neatly silver solder.
Put white "tippex" correction fluid all over / around where you want to solder.
Then let it dry.
Take the piece you wish to solder on , we now use a neat 10mm stainless machined round bar opposed to nuts.
Wet that piece and place it on where you want to solder.
That marks the area accurately.
We then sand that area with a tiny belt sander.
Put paste flux on and solder, we cut a small piece of silver solder and lay it next to the joint and it sucks into the joint.
When finished we soak it in acetone and all the excess mess flakes off.
Polish or soda blast and its done.
Just purchased a Colchester Chipmaster to speed up machining the small parts.
Stan Wallace
H2O SPORT KAYAKS & PADDLES
325 Sontnell street, Henley on Klip
South Africa
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