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One of these.
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Wherabouts are you?
I’ve never had any luck with soldering the solder never goes where I want it to! So this is for someone with a bit of experience I know it won’t be cheap but it’s got too much history with me not to get it fixed.
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Get yourself some scraps of anything and play with them, that's how we all learn unless we have a skilled operator on our shoulders.
Used to sweat lead to copper repairs with one of those irons and used a wiping tallow cloth the smooth it out.
I did have my dad to help, wouldn't be done now, no skill and there are fittings to take the skill out of it.
It makes me want to try things that you want to be done and be less dependent.
We would do the full sweat job, not so much repairs with pump-up soldering torches!
Used to sweat lead to copper repairs with one of those irons and used a wiping tallow cloth the smooth it out.
I did have my dad to help, wouldn't be done now, no skill and there are fittings to take the skill out of it.
It makes me want to try things that you want to be done and be less dependent.
We would do the full sweat job, not so much repairs with pump-up soldering torches!
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Solder only goes where it's hot and it only sticks where it's clean.
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Tin the areas you want joined beforehand, then more flux and heat.
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Does anyone have the ability to take this on?
Go on, have a go yourself. The satisfaction you will get when you do it will be unbelievable. I've tackled jobs for Lichfield repair café that I didn't think I was capable of, But I got stuck in after a bit of research and surprised myself, and the clients who the repair was for. Remember, It's broke, If it doesn't work, It's still broke. you haven't lost anything except for a bit of time.
Hi Jimbo,
I'm in East Midlands. Near East Midlands Airport.
PM me if you want to visit and we can try and work something out.
I will help / show you how to go on but I won't do the job for you.
I don't want paying just cover the materials.
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PM sent with thanks
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Will do, it’ll be a while as it’s going to take a lot of time just cleaning up the surfaces ready for soldering!
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Well, had a bit of success with this now. A guy nearby took it on and did a great job it’s very solid now and I’ve just got to get some glass cut to replace the broken and then find the right putty to fix it. I machined up the new lamp holder arrangement and he soldered that on too, then he somehow patinated the areas he’d worked on so they blend in. He also strengthened the lower corners with a strap he riveted on (can just make this out in the photos).
The victorians really knew their materials - this is well over 150 years old and with it beefed up a bit if I doesn’t get hit by another tree I can’t see it won’t last another 150.
I’ll put some more photos on when it’s back in place in a few weeks. It stands nearly 3 feet in height so quite impressive when it’s on its pole.
The victorians really knew their materials - this is well over 150 years old and with it beefed up a bit if I doesn’t get hit by another tree I can’t see it won’t last another 150.
I’ll put some more photos on when it’s back in place in a few weeks. It stands nearly 3 feet in height so quite impressive when it’s on its pole.
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glad to see he did nt over clean it , valuble piece .
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I used to make terrarium's years ago & used copper sulphate solution to age the solder. It turns it a bit like old pewter When you wipe it on with a sponge or cloth.
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The patination fluid used is a generic version of what used to be called Tourmaline and is more widely available labelled simply as. 'Patination fluid' or 'metal antiquing fluid' often as a black or brown version in terms of the patination it gives, 'black' giving a darker finish, although the stuff itself is usually blue liquid.
Similar stuff is used for patinating lead (roofing etc.) so can sometimes be found at a decent building supplies.
Or it and also a verdigris fluid can be got online from www.jpennyltd.co.uk
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Yes very pleased, it’s saved it. It was in a very sorry state after the tree hit it !
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Hi Jimbo,
Did you get this all fitted back up yet? I am looking forward to seeing the finished pics.
