Reply to "Upgrading Railking 2-8-0 siderods to scale ones"

Dave AGHROGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBER

OPPS that was 0.1" aluminum

Soldering. If you haven't soldered brass together before then buy some pieces of K&E brass strips at the hobby store, cut some pieces and try soldering them together. If you try to learn on your project you'll just get frustrated. Try to pull the pieces apart. If the solder joint comes apart try again. You have to use solder for soldering brass together not your electrical solder. I've had good success with Tix Solder and Tix flux, Stay Bright is also good. I started about 20 years ago with 3 irons. A 25 watt, 40 W and an 80 W. The thicker the metal the bigger the iron I use. I also found Ian Rice's book "Etched Brass Locomotive Construction" helpful. Ken Foran's book "Building Models with Brass" is also helpful.

Does anybody else have a favorite book on learning to solder?

4/9/2011:39 PM

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