tentacles
Aluminum
- Joined
- Jun 29, 2008
- Location
- Winnipeg, Canada
I've got a backgear with a broken small tooth, and a QCGB idler gear with a broken tooth. I attempted to silver solder in filler on the idler gear today, with possible success - won't know until I get into machining it tommorow once it's cooled. These are both from my 10K frankenlathe.
Now, given the pain-in-the-assery of the silver soldering today, I'm thinking it would be much easier and more effective to just weld in some 308 stainless filler with my mig welder. With a nice long preheat, of course, and a long slow cool down.
Anyone have thoughts or suggestions to offer? I don't have an oxy-acetylene torch, I use a couple of propane/MAPP torches to silver solder.
Now, given the pain-in-the-assery of the silver soldering today, I'm thinking it would be much easier and more effective to just weld in some 308 stainless filler with my mig welder. With a nice long preheat, of course, and a long slow cool down.
Anyone have thoughts or suggestions to offer? I don't have an oxy-acetylene torch, I use a couple of propane/MAPP torches to silver solder.