Hi guys, Firstly I appologise if the answer to this one is one the forum somewhere, I have searched and found similar discussions, but not exactly.
I would like to buy a keg and build myself a boiler, I want to fit a 4" ferrule to the top of the keg for filling and cleaning. I have done some basic welding but I cant do it well and its only been on pretty thick mild steel.
I have done a lot of soldering with soft and silver on copper and it comes out okay!
Has anyone silver soldered a ferrule to a keg? If so pointer would be much appreciated.
As I see it there are two big problems, one there is no socket for the solder to fill so even with a tight gap could you get the solder to take????
two is silver solder strong enough?
Is this really a TIG weld job, I know a couple of guy who might be able to do it, but I would rather do it myself.
My gut instinct says it not really going to work to well with silver solder! :?
The other though I had was to cut a fair bit out of the top of the keg, then fit some fittings using a lock nut on the inside and secure a sheet of stainless on tot he top of the keg with all the ports I want on that sheet.
Any ideas/advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Captain