davecuds wrote:Ive tried turning the flame up more but doesnt seem to have any effect. I put the ring between two bits of wood so i wouldn't lose as much heat through the vice, still nothing. I can get the solder to glow speckely red but not the copper. I have another propane canister so u think 2 at once might help? I need more hands :)
How long roughly should it take to heat up? I feel like ive already used half the canister on one join!
davecuds wrote:Yeah i tried every angle, distance. Its the nozzle from my other 'fat boy' propane so maybe it's not suitable for mapp. Ill try it with another heavier duty nozzle and see what happens.
Yummyrum wrote:davecuds wrote:Yeah i tried every angle, distance. Its the nozzle from my other 'fat boy' propane so maybe it's not suitable for mapp. Ill try it with another heavier duty nozzle and see what happens.
Thats youre problem right there....I'm faurly sure also that the Fatboy propane pencl torch says not to be uswd on any other gas.
Ue a TS 4000 or TS 8000 head....new world will awake you . :handgestures-thumbupleft:
davecuds wrote:Ok, so I'm doing something wrong here. I had the flame on this thing for what seemed like 10mins. I could get a bit of the 2% silver solder to melt but wouldn't go anywhere from there. I'm using map gas. Any suggestions? :text-coolphotos:
Anthoney wrote:It seems you have it sorted now but my first thought was you should be using fire bricks to hold in and direct the heat.
dogbreath vodka wrote:CRB post a photo, the lip may be a bit too large, but as you said it can be ground back.
The main thing is to make sure the lip is square with the tube/pipe.
These really are the ducks nuts.
Have used them on all my builds and it takes next to no time once you've done a few.
Stick to it mate, you'll be an old hand at this in no time. :handgestures-thumbupleft: :handgestures-thumbupleft: :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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