soldering brass bodywork

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soldering brass bodywork

Post by black cat » Sat Jan 31, 2015 12:05 am

Changed my mind about soldering having found tiny brass and copper rivets from macc models and chronos..So I wonder now if anyone has had experience of drilling brass for these little things..I would like to use the thinnest material practical but what is the minimum thickness for centre punching and drilling and keeping a flat surface..
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Post by black cat » Fri Feb 06, 2015 8:43 am

Thank you..

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Re: soldering brass bodywork

Post by Sleeper Agent » Fri Dec 21, 2018 10:13 am

Working on a project my old fibreglass / glassfibre / scratch pens finally ran out and so naturally bought some refills of eBay.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/A-set-of-thr ... 2749.l2649
What a load of such and such they are though! These wear out fast, excrete lots of nasty pickles and also scratch the brass surface more noticeably. Regrettably I can't seem to work out what isn't more of the same online so wondering if anyone can point me to a recommended product/supplier.

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Steve

Edit seems I've been mixing glass-fibre and nylon. Weird as I didn't think the latter came as standard with the pens I brought and I wasn't even aware of nylon brushes till the other day but I definitely prefer them over fibreglass, even if they do require slightly more elbow work. Got the trial alternative from Leosics incidentally and they've got 10% off till the end of December if anyone is after anything, very speedy delivery I must say :)
https://www.leosics.co.uk

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