My first successful soldering - thanks Mooseman

[JustinNZ]

Hehe. It’s not pretty. Well, maybe Proud Father pretty… but definitely a beautiful but functional mess! That elbow was ok-ish for a novice, once I really got it into my thick head that the solder flows to the heat (the bend job) and similar thicknesses of copper make life better (the patch on my riser). Nice to watch the silver stuff race uphill into the gap. I couldn’t get a perfect fit with the riser patch so I (and I’m only lying a bit) left plenty of solder on.

Anyway, lots of you good people gave me advice - thanks - but Mooseman made me laugh the most. Cheers.

[NorthWoodsAb]

Good job. Function first. With practice they will get prettier.

[MooseMan]

Pretty or not, I'd call that a success Justin!

That's a funny shaped run of solder there below that patch...

[JustinNZ]

I hope I’m seeing what you’re seeing.

[JustinNZ]

I’m now seeing a muscular right arm bent at the elbow and with a closed fist. But I see all sorts of cool stuff in the foam on my coffees. A lot of angels and women in 16th century ball gowns, but once my flat white had an image of a boy kicking a soccer ball. Might try and find it and start an off-topic.

[Swedish Pride]

don't worry about looks, booze will taste the same as out of a pretty still.

Not that I'd know all my stills are butt ugly

[Yummyrum]

Good onya for having a crack at Soldering . It sure can be tricky , especially on an old battered thing . I changed the topic heading as brazing is something quite different to soldering
Just a quick question . How hard was it to remove the rubber orings in the 90° bend ?

[Bradster68]

I’m now seeing a muscular right arm bent at the elbow and with a closed fist. But I see all sorts of cool stuff in the foam on my coffees. A lot of angels and women in 16th century ball gowns, but once my flat white had an image of a boy kicking a soccer ball. Might try and find it and start an off-topic.

Hmmm. I'm guessing you may have some kind of additive to be seeing all that in coffee foam. Regardless,I'd like the recipe.

[JustinNZ]

Those o-rings just popped out like hens when you open the chook-house front door, Yummy. Or like teenagers when you switch the wifi off! Those elbows were much thicker than the alternative, which is why I chose them.

[googe]

Well done mate, we've all been there. You have more guts than me, some of my first soldering were for my eyes only haha. Its all about patience, slow and steady wins the race.

[Yummyrum]

Those o-rings just popped out like hens when you open the chook-house front door, Yummy. Or like teenagers when you switch the wifi off! Those elbows were much thicker than the alternative, which is why I chose them.

Good to know Justin . Love the analogies .
Seems good old capillary fittings are slowly being replaced by those crimp ones , so was hoping there was still a way forward