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Silver solder is low temp (eg 96.5% tin and 3.5% silver) and silver brazing ( sometimes called "hard silver solder..... incorrectly I might add) is high temp. Both will work with SS - however your...

Hi Daniel, Hope that they also put you on some antibiotic cover. I realise that it was a through and through wound, howver you can imagine the bacteria picked up off your boot that are then...

303 Guy.................so sorry to hear your sad news.....................tears shed for you,your family and your beautiful son Denver. I don't know what to say really, I will keep you all in my...

Just saw this.......prayers and all the best from Australia, I will be thinking of you. Hang tough buddy,hang tough!!

Recluse and theperfessor both in hospital at the same time............what the hell is going on!!!!! Two of the finest members here (without a doubt) ill at the same time - you are both in my...

Police standards in Australia are about the same....most want to qualify and that is it!! Years ago (before I became a vet) I worked in a bank in a large rural town.......well I was only there a...

Question for the pewter guru (imashooter2)....thanks in advance!!!
Can I assume that if the word pewter is stamped on the bottom that it is actually pewter? Or can fakes be found with this stamp?...

This is an extremely interesting and important thread....could we make this a sticky please? Many thanks to all that have contributed to this thread. Regards Peter

I reckon the perfessor is spot on.A needle scaler is the first thing that popped into my head.............this is a production grip and I think, therefore that some tool that would achieve the...

The cerroalloy may be suitable for chamber casting ( a generic alloy??) and if suitable is very, very cheap at that price.If suitable you could make a few dollars selling on this site.Is there a...

Hi Mike - fantastic post.

I recently acquired some old saeco molds (several brand new,in original white box) and after admiring them, particularly their quality, I set out to find a little bit...

Ahhhhhh - the deadly drop bear. Luckily I didn't have adrink in my hand or I would have spilt it all over the computer!!! This is sort of an " in joke" for Aussies....ie we are in on it and veryove...

Obviously in my post above I thought that the damage to the second cavity was in the same location (base) as the first cavity only that the damage was significantly worse.Obviously with the damage...

Ben - really nice work there.

Now what about the other, damaged cavity. Could you drill out the damaged area with a much bigger dril bit , then insert a solid metal "bottom" plug and silver braze...

Jeff,
So sorry for the loss of your good friend ......... hang tough buddy. This crisis has really rocked a lot of Aussies - we are all thinking of NZ at the moment. Prayers sent for you,...

BT Sniper,
I am another (from Australia) who would be interested in a set of dies for 9.3......the ability to use .223 brass is a big plus as there is plenty of this in...

Morton.....reloading equipment is fine to bring into the country (ie dies,shellholders,scales,molds etc)....for ammunition components (in my state of Victoria) the permit is easily obtained from Vic...

BTsniper....I get lots of reloading dies and a few molds from the USA with no problems whatsoever (apart from one slow ariving parcel....but it eventually turned up)....they usually come via USPS...

Eyes full of tears in Australia too....prayers and thoughts sent for you and your family .................. why these things happen I don't know........for some life on earth is too hard...... I do...

Excellent post/tutorial !!! Fantastic thought processes and planning and superb execution (machining)!@!! Thankyou for your generosity in sharing your technique and the time and effort that went into...

Prayers sent for the family and friends of this brave marine. I hope someone from his family reads these posts............his courage and bravery and sacrifice is recognised not only in his home...

oldtoolsniper..................WOW....................that is very, very clever!!!! What an ingenious solution - I admire people that have the ability to think laterally, well done!! You had a...

edsmith..........thanks for the original drawing.

Dannix...............thankyou for "tweaking" the original !!

Dale , I have that issue/article on DVD - can print it out and mail it to you if no one replies within the USA (I'm in Australia). Send me your mail address if required. Regards Peter

Cardonasharp.......brilliant reply/comeback!!! The thing I like about this forum is that we are all part of one big family....if required we can poke fun at each other and know that it will be taken...