Holding tube for soldering.

[magpieParticipant @magpie]

I recently had to solder a thin wall brass tube to a strip of brass, and wondered how I was going to hold it at right angles to the strip. After much pondering, I came up with this idea and it worked a treat. The ME site insisted on turning the photo 90 degrees for some reason.

Edited By Neil Wyatt on 04/06/2019 16:11:59

[magpieParticipant @magpie]

[roy entwistleParticipant @royentwistle24699]

Your drill table will make a fantastic heat sink. Suggest some firebrick or similar under the joint

Roy

[mechman48Participant @mechman48]

Kitchen fire blanket will do if you have one.

George.

[Ian S CParticipant @iansc]

If it is low temp/tin lead solder, a bit of wood should be OK for a joint like that, with both parts tinned, a reasonable sized soldering iron, a matter of a few seconds heating, and a wee bit more solder, job done. For some reason if I was using silver solder, and a gas torch I would be keeping away from the lathe or drill press and set up some form of jig(Don't know why, it's just me).

Ian S C

[magpieParticipant @magpie]

With you on the heat sink problem gents, but as the tube was 5mm thin wall, and the strip was 10mm by 2mm I thought the small pen type gas torch would very quickly get the parts hot enough I didn't bother with a fire brick. Ian, I did spend some time contemplating making a jig but I thought that that would take as long as making the item it's self.

Cheers Dek.

[Ian S CParticipant @iansc]

Dec, are you using silver solder, or tin lead?

[magpieParticipant @magpie]

Tin lead Ian, which is why I was not too bothered about loosing a lot of heat. With the bit to be soldered over the centre hole of the table, it only took a few seconds to get hot enough.

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