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Well i got around to ngetting my copper pipe and fittings last week so on the weekend i went about welding it all together what shit of a job you will see by the pics it took me a while but i got it finished yesterday i first run some water in it to find the leaks there was a few so i went about fixing them then did a run of cheap wine and water to clean it all out them i found another leek in the water lacket not bad havent fixed it yet so at the moment im running an UJSM throught it laughing now

Looks good trent,not sure about them welds though

jdonly1 wrote:Looks good trent,not sure about them welds though

come on a bit harsh at least my is welded my then i can say for yours

Nice looking still. The easiest way to get the silver solder to run, is to get it damn hot. Just on the edge of burning a hole in it.
You don't need flux either on copper to copper joints, shine em up with a bit of steel wool and go for it.
Use the heat to draw a little solder right round the job, watch how it follows the heat and apply the flame to where you want it to go ie; drawn right in the joint. It'll never have a hole in the solder if you apply enough heat right around it, and it was clean to start with.

You can leave it at that for a nice neat joint, but i like to go back round with a slightly lower heat (hold the torch further away) and apply a thick seam of solder right around where the two pieces join.

You shouldn't need to add more solder or flux to fix those joints, just get it hotter.

I do a lot of silver soldering most days.

Hey Trent, well done.

I'm not gonna knock your soldering coz I haven't posted pic's of mine yet.

Did you end up getting your fittings from Parkwood Plumbing?

Cheers,

Scott.

Aussie Beamophile wrote:Hey Trent, well done.

I'm not gonna knock your soldering coz I haven't posted pic's of mine yet.

Did you end up getting your fittings from Parkwood Plumbing?

Cheers,

Scott.

cheers Scott yer i did end up going to Parkwood Plumbing once i found there trade store went to there display centre first

sconly wrote:

Aussie Beamophile wrote:Hey Trent, well done.

I'm not gonna knock your soldering coz I haven't posted pic's of mine yet.

Did you end up getting your fittings from Parkwood Plumbing?

Cheers,

Scott.

cheers Scott yer i did end up going to Parkwood Plumbing once i found there trade store went to there display centre first

Glad you found it ok (eventually).

I got mine fired up with it's first UJSM on Sunday. The pictures are on this forum under "The Dalek"

Cheers

Scott