you probably already know about tinning/coating
This was VERY thin stuff, think tape measure thin. Decided my pin point pencil tip iron didn't heat things enuff and will buy a chisel point iron before I do this again. For the sake of expediency I drilled holes and used pop rivets. It worked!
bob
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bob,
2015-06-16, 10:00
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- Spring steel is normal carbon steel, normally.... -
passing by,
2015-06-16, 19:34
- Spring steel is normal carbon steel, normally.... -
bob,
2015-06-17, 08:58
- you probably already know about tinning/coating -
passing by,
2015-06-17, 13:06
- you probably already know about tinning/coating -
bob,
2015-06-17, 22:47
- if not flexed or stressed, rivet holes fine. -
passing by,
2015-06-19, 10:44
- if not flexed or stressed, rivet holes fine. - bob, 2015-06-20, 12:26
- if not flexed or stressed, rivet holes fine. -
passing by,
2015-06-19, 10:44
- you probably already know about tinning/coating -
bob,
2015-06-17, 22:47
- you probably already know about tinning/coating -
passing by,
2015-06-17, 13:06
- Spring steel is normal carbon steel, normally.... -
bob,
2015-06-17, 08:58
- when I was working in my dad's shop -
bj,
2015-06-18, 19:37
- we always brush on flux, core stuff never seems enough...NT - passing by, 2015-06-19, 10:47
- Spring steel is normal carbon steel, normally.... -
passing by,
2015-06-16, 19:34