pratice braze #3 complete!

These are the post braze picture of the sleeve lug I made after soaking off the flux. I was able to see the silver flow completely through the joint. I was so excited that I added too much silver and when it was pulled through it pooled at the bottom. The first two photos make it look as if it's not that bad. The shorelines are a little heavy.



Then this next picture shows a huge glob on the back side of the joint. It's like a fillet. It is going to take some elbow grease to get this removed.


Here are some shots with just a little clean up. If you can control your silver, it doesn't take much at all to clean it up nicely.

Here is the "blob" of silver. I will start the clean up with my Dremel. Power tools are a must when it comes to certain tasks and the right tool for the job makes everything go smooth. A lesson learned in furniture making. If I don't seem to be getting too far along, I may try to re-flux and put some heat to the "blob" and remove it with a wire brush. Something I feel is also a good technique to possess.



Next up will be some cleanup of this silver. I will work on making it near perfect as if it were to be used on a frame. I will then do two more practice brazes and if they both turn out nice, I will go ahead and braze up my seat tube / bb shell joint on frame #001. I will also work on getting the lugs for said bike cleaned up a bit. I never got to that a couple of weeks ago.

It is Christmas week and it is sure to be full of activities but I will try and continue to move forward on this project. Thanks for looking!