Got this Jensen 20 off ebay recently and the steam chest needs to be soldered back onto the cylinder. Basically received it with a crack and my attempt to heat it up with a torch and re-sweat it didnt go well. Am thinking some here have had similar but more successful experience. Any tips/tricks would be much appreciated as I dont have much in the way of skills/tools. Thanks!!
Got this Jensen 20 off ebay recently and the steam chest needs to be soldered back onto the cylinder. Basically received it with a crack and my attempt to heat it up with a torch and re-sweat it didnt go well. Am thinking some here have had similar but more successful experience. Any tips/tricks would be much appreciated as I dont have much in the way of skills/tools. Thanks!!
I had the same problem with a Maerklin Cylinder. All you need is to fix the 2 parts in
perfect position and add Flux for soldering. Then simply warm up evenly until the solder is absorbed.
Yes - it needs some luck...
Arnold
Thanks, Arnold! Any idea on which solder and flux to use? Am guessing some sort of silver solder. Guessing not the plumbing or electronics stuff which has a melting point of only ~400 F.
-Ted
Jensen doesn't use silver brazing solder for these , a Good high temp solder is sufficient, it can be done without losing the nickel plating, if you don't over heat it , both end caps should be removed & I use the appropriate size drill bits to use in the valve steam passages for perfect alignment(just don't solder them in place) Indianarog has a good tutorial on this.