Clamping my style

[Steam4ian]

G'day all

Too many boo boos to mention. I just read about Tel silver soldering up cylinders so here's my effort.

Keeping things together during silver soldering is always a challenge. I had an Neitsnie (work it out) when in the cheap shop. Lovely little spring clamps, just "perfect" for holding parts together during silver soldering.

I was soldering a cylinder to a backing/valve face plate all secured by one of these nifty little clamps.

Everthing stayed in place and was duly soldered.

Pulling the object out of the pickle I noticed the the cylinder bore was distinctly oval. the clamp had squashed the brass.

Another sacrifice to the scrap god.

Ian

 

[tel]

'appens to the best of us mate, now you know why I use the little pins

 

[tel]

My turn today, just had a battle royale trying to screw a 6BA spindle into a valve nut - in a hole I hadn't threaded yet. :wall:

 

[tmuir]

My turn today, just had a battle royale trying to screw a 6BA spindle into a valve nut - in a hole I hadn't threaded yet. :wall:

Sorry but... :big: :big:
That is funny.

Now watch Karma get me back tonight for laughing at your trouble.....

 

[tel]

Well, I did see the funny side of it - after I'd given meself a good clout up the side of the 'ead!

 

[seagar]

If it's going to happen,it will happen to us Aussies. LOL. Rof}

Ian(seagar)

Coffs Harbour
Australia

 

[tmuir]

Now watch Karma get me back tonight for laughing at your trouble.....

Told you it would get me.

I was making a bush for a boiler.
I started with a brass bar of 7.8mm diameter and I had to turn it down to 6.9mm for the first 4 mm.
I turned it down to exactly 6.9mm but for some reason I forgot what I was doing and started to think my final diameter needed to be 7.8mm and couldn't for the life of me figure out how I missed it by so much.
So I machined the 4mm off to start again and then realised what I had just done. :big:
Atleast it was only 4mm of the bar I wasted and 3 minutes of my time, so no huge loss.

 

[Artie]

Well, I did see the funny side of it - after I'd given meself a good clout up the side of the 'ead!

tel tel tel.... its not like it was a terminal cock up! Like making the hole a couple of sizes too large etc....

In fact I dont think that qualifies as a cock up at all....... personally I think the measure of a 'good' cock up is how much material/time is wasted or sent to the recycle bin.... Tel, apart from a minute or 2, nothing... sorry mate, you'll have to go and wreck something 'proper' now ;D

 

[Metal Mickey]

"My turn today, just had a battle royale trying to screw a 6BA spindle into a valve nut - in a hole I hadn't threaded yet. "

Boy did I need that! :big: :big: :big: Even SWMBO asked what I was giggling at! (The trouble is I have done the same thing in the past!)

 

[itowbig]

My turn today, just had a battle royale trying to screw a 6BA spindle into a valve nut - in a hole I hadn't threaded yet. :wall:

ha ha ha :big: thats funny sorry but its just too funny :big: Rof} Rof}