[BC] Irons for silver soldering copper strap

[Ronald J. Dot'o Sr.]

I bonded a ground system a few weeks ago using OX acet and silver 
bearing brazing rod which should stand up better than soldering.  It 
takes some practice to not burn the #10 radials in half but it can be 
done.

Ron D


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "PeterH5322" <peterh5322 at rattlebrain.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 06:45
Subject: Re: [BC] Irons for silver soldering copper strap


>
>>Use 15% sil-fos and a swirl-jet torch. ( Turbo-Torch is one brand )
>>These torches fueled with MAPP gas will get adequately hot to do the 
>>job
>>properly.
>
> Sil-Phos is definitely the way to go.
>
> MAPP is probably best of the single-component solutions, but I 
> always
> used an acet-air torch for this purpose.
>
> Perhaps the best setup is oxy-acet with a Victor "aircraft" 
> handpiece,
> and the appropriate sized heating tips.
>
> Ultimately, it depends upon what one is doing, and if I was making a
> nine-tower DA-2 phasor on-site and by hand, I would definitely be 
> using a
> Victor oxy-acet setup and Sil-Phos-ing all the hundreds of joints.
>
> Sil-Phos has very good "gap filling" qualities.
>
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