Using Soft Solder Only

[Hill]

Anyone in Perth looking for Ezi Weld 801, I just picked up a bottle from Reece Plumbing, 24 William Street Cannington and they had about 4 bottles there.

[crow]

So friggen excited I near wet myself check this ladies and gentleman and the rest of you not pretty but this is my first go at it and it doesn't leak and it took me less that 5 min :dance: :happy-partydance: :banana-guitar:

[googe]

Well, seems all that parrot build was bull shit :teasing-tease: awesome job mate :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[kelbygreen]

not sure what good a keg coupler is when its blocked off with copper and sitting on a wooden bench :laughing-rolling: but least you got a strike of luck

[MacStill]

Hey crow, now you've succeeded you know it's only down hill from here hey :laughing-rolling: :laughing-rolling: :laughing-rolling:

Must've been listening to me drumming ya over the phone hey, low heat, small flame... gently does it :handgestures-thumbupleft:

:happy-partydance: :happy-partydance: :happy-partydance:

[crow]

Hey crow, now you've succeeded you know it's only down hill from here hey :laughing-rolling: :laughing-rolling: :laughing-rolling:

Must've been listening to me drumming ya over the phone hey, low heat, small flame... gently does it :handgestures-thumbupleft:

:happy-partydance: :happy-partydance: :happy-partydance:

yep low heat 2/3s on the copper 1/3 on ss ;-)
Now if I can just get copper to copper down pat :laughing-rolling: :laughing-rolling: :laughing-rolling:

[Kimbo]

, low heat, small flame... gently does it :handgestures-thumbupleft:

:happy-partydance: :happy-partydance: :happy-partydance:

Yerp, Johnny Cash will do that to ya ;-)
well done mate :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[MacStill]

I am so proud of you :romance-kisscheek:

[Kimbo]

I am so proud of you :romance-kisscheek:

there's no prouder moment than seeing a boy become a man :scared-eek:

[Linny]

has anyone got a link to these $20 butane torches ... i need to get a new one , as the one i was using was my next door neighbours ,,,, found out today im moving ;(

[home_brewer]

if your taking about the bernzomatic ones bunnings is the go

[Linny]

this style

http://www.masters.com.au/product/90000 ... ne-tst200t

or

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Gas-Torch-Bu ... 1c25e2a219

currently ive been using

http://www.masters.com.au/product/90004 ... -pro-torch

[googe]

Liek this Linny, bunnings have the short fat ones too. http://www.bernzomatic.com/item.html?id=47 your lucky, i got told i was lazy for not reading this whole thread tut tut :teasing-tease:

[ticknaylor]

Called consolidated alloys today they wont sell me aquasafe 100 they said I had to go to bunnings, pretty sure bunnings haven't had the shit since I built my boka last year sounds like a conspiracy to sell more of the expensive benzo stuff, don't get me wrong its good stuff but its expensive as. Went to bunnings they had a label for 250g aquasafe for 9.85 I thought sweet so I pick it up and the morons had put lead solder next to the aquasafe price tag I wonder how many people have been using lead solder thinking it was aquasafe. Anyway trying to source some in perth and can't find any. To all the people using the benzo bottles consider these http://www.bunnings.com.au/products_pro ... e=products they can be refilled for 10years and cost $4 to be refilled at BCF the other benzomatic bottles are chuck away bottles and cost $20 each so if you use a few bottles the pay for them self pretty quick. After 10 years you can get them recertified for $25. However they do have a female fitting for the torch tip that is smaller then the male fitting on the benzo ones. I used on before I started using the 9.5kg bottles with a reg

[blond.chap]

Hey mate, one of the bunnings stores near me has aquasafe 100 near the brass fittings. I've been to one that didn't have it though. You could ask the bunnings near you to check other stores nearby.

Cheers for the cylinder tip btw, will totally pick one up next time.

[MacStill]

Yeah you gotta look for the aquasafe stuff, they hide it amongst the lead solder in the plumbing section.... the bernzo stuff they get big profit from is the stuff they put in your face where all the welding and soldering shit is.

Kinda like chocolates at the checkout in woolies :laughing-rolling:

[ticknaylor]

Yeah went to another bunnings and got some $37 for 500g as someone else said earlier. Right alongside the lead solder the mind boggles how they can put this stuff in the plumbing section. Hey blond chap the primus bottles need a different fitting they sell them in bunnings I don't know how much they are coz I already had one so factor that in before ya get one totally worth it though if ya do a bit of soldering.

[kelbygreen]

maybe its in the plumbing section as its plumbing solder :laughing-rolling: I think they put the benzomatic solder with the torches as some people think you HAVE! to use the same brand solder and crap as the torch is and also its prob dearer so they make more money on it 8-} I have yet to get some aquasafe stuff as I still using the benzomatic stuff. I dont like there flux to much seems very easy to burn on very tight places and some times burns up before the solder melts. As mac says go very slow but the torch I have on a angle the flame doubles :wtf: and if I turn it down it turns off :))

Will try get some easyweld flux (what ever its called) and try the aquasafe solder as seems to be the most popular combo.

[ticknaylor]

Has anyone sussed a method to easy flange using only soft solder and not hard solder the ring? i know soft softer with cause the join in the ring to break. My old boy gave up his oxy because he was pissed at boc making him pay 135 a year bottle hire. I been trying to solder first than hammer flat afterwards with mixed success. Just thought I see if anyone has be successful using a different method

[MacStill]

Do you have mapp gas?