[Tigers] Fwd: Fwd: Solder

[Jay Laifman]

I must have missed the start of this thread.  I always thought that once
broken, pot metal is, well, only good to throw into a pot.  What part is
being fixed here?  Surely a horn ring or door handle can't be fixed with
solder, right?

Jay

On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 6:20 AM, <Rollright at aol.com> wrote:

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> To: Rollright at aol.com
> Sent: 9/24/2012  10:10:25 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time
> Subj: Re: [Tigers] Fwd:  Solder
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>
> I guess it depends on what flavor of silver solder you are  talking about.
> There's some silver solder for electrical use that melts  around 220C.  Its
> not pure silver, but an alloy of tin and  silver.
>
> Stu
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:  Rollright at aol.com
> Sent: Monday, September 24, 2012 10:56 AM
> To:  tigers at Autox.Team.Net
> Subject: [Tigers] Fwd: Solder
>
> Correction on  using Silver Solder to fix pot metal.
>
> From:  onegonefish at comcast.net
> To: rollright at aol.com
> Sent: 9/24/2012   9:54:16 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time
> Subj: Solder
> Jim:
>
> I wouldn't  try to repair pot metal wilt silver  solder. Pot metal melts
> around  370 degrees, and Silver solder melts around  1200 degrees.  Regular
> solder around 370 degrees
> There are low temperature rods  specifically  for pot metal that melt
> around
> 350 degrees. Goggle  'Muggsey weld' and you can  get the information.
> Gary   Fish
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