Michael Kemp
Well-Known Member
follow-up: I've had trouble (mentioned above) using medium silver solder to make a brass ferrule, then easy silver solder to attach /that/ to a much thicker brass guard. I experimented with JB Weld but it left a tell-tale line against the brass (might not show with steel fittings) so I went back to brazing (aka silver solder) - and maybe it was just getting in enough practice so I don't burn the solder into the brass or leave pinholes in the solder but:
SUCCESS! I also switched flux from commercial flux to what a jeweler-friend uses:
Brooke's awesome flux:
into 1 quart water add
16 grams borax
16 grams Trisodium Phosphate (TSP)
24 grams boric acid powder
heat to dissolve (with good ventilation - you have to almost boil it)
let cool & use. Works better than the flux I'd bought.
SUCCESS! I also switched flux from commercial flux to what a jeweler-friend uses:
Brooke's awesome flux:
into 1 quart water add
16 grams borax
16 grams Trisodium Phosphate (TSP)
24 grams boric acid powder
heat to dissolve (with good ventilation - you have to almost boil it)
let cool & use. Works better than the flux I'd bought.