[SEL] Silver Soldering Failure

[R & M Ingold]

Hey Luke, ya dun good!!  Its all a great big learning curve and then ya 
die!!!  So, SMILE!!!
Reg & Marg Ingold.
Newcastle, NSW, Australia.
randmingold at hotkey.net.au
http://www.oldengine.org/members/randmingold

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Luke Tonneberger" <flywheelin at hotmail.com>
To: <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 5:58 AM
Subject: Re: [SEL] Silver Soldering Failure


> I'd like to thank everybody for the comeback on my failed silver solder 
> attempt. For the record, I've sweated copper fittings and thats pretty 
> simple. Anyway, I worked on a few more pieces of the model last night and 
> put it all together to see how it fit up. It wasn't pretty. The piston 
> makes a pretty serious popping sound at one point in the stroke. It binds 
> pretty seriously in a couple spots. I think this is from the crankshaft 
> not being square. I sorta felt that it wasn't perfect prior to my failed 
> soldering attempt, but I went ahead with it anyway. After cleaning the 
> piston, rings, cylinder and assembling it back together it gets a dirty 
> gritty feel to the oil after cranking it over 15 or 20 times. I feel the 
> aluminum I used for the cylinder is too soft. It is what I had on hand and 
> figured if there are Briggs engines with aluminum cylinders then I could 
> use that too. I could go on and on with the bad stuff. I'll spare you. I 
> just don't feel I have the skills/knowledge to be a model maker at this 
> time. I can draw them on the CAD, but I'll leave the bulding of them to 
> the machinists. I've wanted to build a model for years and am glad I 
> attempted it. I really learned alot. It might sound like I'm crying in my 
> beer but I am not. I am not unhappy about the failed model or my decision 
> to not build models. Just wanted to let you guys know so your not 
> expecting to see a finished model someday. I'm sure I could make some 
> parts over and have a finished running model. Just will not be happening 
> at this time. I'll put what I have up on the shelf and who knows what I'll 
> do in the years down the road. Here is a web site with some pictures 
> showing some of the stuff I did and the progress I made.
>
> http://www.oldengine.org/members/luket/model/model.html
>
> Luke Tonneberger
> Rockford, Michigan
> USA
>
>
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