[SEL] Silver Soldering Failure

[R & M Ingold]

Loctite is not up to the job with the shock loading of an I/C engine.
Reg & Marg Ingold.
Newcastle, NSW, Australia.
randmingold at hotkey.net.au
http://www.oldengine.org/members/randmingold

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Everett" <deverett2003 at yahoo.co.uk>
To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 7:25 AM
Subject: Re: [SEL] Silver Soldering Failure


> Luke
>
> Have you thought about using Loctite for building a crankshaft?  Use 
> hi-strength type 638 and when
> it has cured, cross pin the joints with a taper pin.  Cleanliness is 
> imperative.  Use acetone or
> similar to clean the joint, make sure you don't touch the cleaned surfaces 
> with fingers or
> anything oily.
>
> This method is used quite frequently when making model steam engine 
> crankshafts up to quite a
> large size.
>
> Regards
>
> Dave
> Saudi-Arabia-On-Sea
>
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