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11-14-2011, 04:39 PM
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Heat Gun
If you were to buy a Heat gun to solder guards on , what heat range and watt would you buy???
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11-14-2011, 05:53 PM
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I just bought a snap-on. Most silver bearing solder melts at about 650 F. I also have a cheap one I got at HF. It seems to work fine.
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11-14-2011, 08:10 PM
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Thanks Andy, You use silver bearing solder?? I was looking at something that melts at around 450?.
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11-15-2011, 08:53 PM
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I use Stay-Brite .
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11-15-2011, 11:32 PM
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Get your solder from Pop's.
I've been told that any cheap heat gun will work for soldering guards.
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11-16-2011, 09:41 AM
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I haven't soldered a guard on in years , just been making full tangs. So a heat gun will be all new to me.
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11-16-2011, 12:37 PM
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Art the way your fit and finish is you can get buy with JB Weld. I use it alot. Matches well with wrought Iron.
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11-16-2011, 03:06 PM
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But I thought I could make a sloopy fit and solder trying to cut off time. hee hee
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11-16-2011, 09:26 PM
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Yea Right!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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11-17-2011, 08:48 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ranger1
Art the way your fit and finish is you can get buy with JB Weld. I use it alot. Matches well with wrought Iron.
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JB Weld is great for attaching guards. You just need to be more precise with your fit.
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11-17-2011, 03:59 PM
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Being more precise with your fit is what I'd like to get away from. Ha ha ha
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