I installed a door skin using the MAPP/Oxygen kit and it worked fine.
The kit may be cheap, but it uses a lot of the oxygen tanks which are
not cheap.
Bob Kramer, Austin TX
Hill Country Triumph Club
TR6x3, TR250 x3, TR3A vintage race
rgk@flash.net
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> From: Gano, Ken <kengano@advant.com>
> To: George P. Richardson <gprtech@frontiernet.net>; Andrew Linkens
<alinkens@nuera.com>
> Cc: Triumph mailing list <triumphs@autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re: Brazing/lead loading/soldering
> Date: Friday, January 09, 1998 7:11 AM
>
> Having worked in a welding supply store, we were always told that
MAPP and
> propane would not work for brazing. Acetylene was the only
acceptable fuel
> gas. Something about MAPP / propane lacking a free carbon necessary
to make
> a bond. Of course, the real real may have been that this store only
sold
> acetylene!!
>
> kengano@advant.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: George P. Richardson <gprtech@frontiernet.net>
> To: Andrew Linkens <alinkens@nuera.com>
> Cc: Triumph mailing list <triumphs@autox.team.net>
> Date: Friday, January 09, 1998 6:45 AM
> Subject: Re: Brazing/lead loading/soldering
>
>
> >Use an inexpensive MAPP gas oxygen rig to braze. Someitmes you can
even use
> >propane, but MAPP is easier.
> >
> >George Richardson
> >'57 TR3, TS15559L
> >(getting ready to paint - and now on the web!)
> >http://www.merlingroupinc.com/tr3.htm
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Andrew Linkens <alinkens@nuera.com>
> >To: triumphs@autox.team.net <triumphs@autox.team.net>
> >Date: Friday, January 09, 1998 4:26 AM
> >Subject: Brazing/lead loading/soldering
> >
> >
> >Any brazing experts out there?
> >I use a MIG welder for most of my welding work with no complaints.
However,
> >I've been wondering recently about trying brazing for non-structural
> repairs
> >in
> >an area that is a bit sensitive to heat (area of the car roof near
the
> >drainage
> >channels - I don't want to damage the headlining).
> >Can a MIG be adapted for brazing? If not, what about a standard arc
welder?
> >I've also considered lead loading but have never tried this yet.
> >What about soldering (or is this the same thing as lead loading)?
> >
> >Any information from the list would be appreciated
> >
> >Andy
> >
> >
>
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