My First thing made!!!! Strong Arm Winch!!!

[17dean]

Been watching all you guys get down brazing and stuff , so I decided to give my hand at it. I have had this idea on my brain for a few months and decided this was going to be my first challenge. Its brass with an inner bendable copper tube to have the winch line go thru !! You will see but for now here are a few pics.
























Will mount soon and more pics too!

[dont slow down]

Nice job! Is it going to have a crank and actually work? Looks like I wasn't the only one doing some brass work today. I made a trailer tongue jack this afternoon. I like working with brass, it's so simple!

[17dean]

Originally Posted by dont slow down

Nice job! Is it going to have a crank and actually work? Looks like I wasn't the only one doing some brass work today. I made a trailer tongue jack this afternoon. I like working with brass, it's so simple!

Thanks bro, No its going to have a servo winch hooked under the bed of my 6x6 called Big Baby ! Busy weekend ahead with all my baby moms and thats including the wife plus a b day for my baby boy Monday but will be sneaking time to complete. I think my next phase is to prime it and hit it with bed liner!

[Die-Laughing]

Looks good

[17dean]

Originally Posted by Die-Laughing

Looks good

Thanks bro for the encouraging words! Its people like you who keeps me motivated to push it to the next level!

[dont slow down]

What are you using to do your brazing?

[17dean]

Originally Posted by dont slow down

What are you using to do your brazing?

I am using a benzomatic propane torch , lead free solder and flux. Should I be using something else?

[dont slow down]

I would ditch that lead free solder in a heartbeat! I use 60/40 and it works awesome. Just wondering what torch you are using. I use a little benzomatic butaine pen torch, it works great. It has a really fine flame to do precise joints and such. Make sure you get everything plenty hot, the solder should wick all the way into the joint, not just sit on top. On some of your joints you have some copper discoloring, that should be all around the joint if you get proper heat into it.

Also make sure everything is CLEAN! I take some 1000 grit sandpaper and sand everything before I solder it, gotta get all that oxidation off. Not only is it easier to do before it's soldered but it will let the paint adhere to it better as well. I sand everything and wipe it off with denatured alcohol before soldering. I also wipe everything down after as well to remove the leftover flux, paint won't stick to that either. Clean brass makes the WORLD of difference.

It looks like your cuts on the brass are nice and clean too, that helps a lot. If it fits together nice before solder it will make a nice joint after. That notch on the tube looks perfect. Take your time cutting and being accurate with measurements. I use a little balsa wood miter box to cut my brass, it has 90 and 45 degree notches so I can get accurate cuts. All these things add up and together make it look better and easier to do.

Here is how mine looks, not too much solder, good heat (copper discoloring) and the solder has wicked in between the parts.

[17dean]

On my way to the store now to pick some up! I am extremely thankful for the pointers. Etching up my next brass job now.

[dont slow down]

You etch your brass? I thought about doing that but haven't tried it yet.

[17dean]

no I mean draw my next item up in my head. All or damn near all my blue prints be in my head. Imagination is a beast!

[dont slow down]

Oh ok, lol. We have etching stuff at work and I was thinking about trying it to prep the brass. What else do you have in the works?

[17dean]

Originally Posted by dont slow down

Oh ok, lol. We have etching stuff at work and I was thinking about trying it to prep the brass. What else do you have in the works?

I have decided to do a exo type cage on " Big Baby " . Shouldn't be to hard with the semi body almost like a square box! Epic almost for a newbie to brazing like me! LOL .

[RiceBurner]

Made this 10th scale nascar for brass tube with solder gun. Uses 12th scale pan car rear end on trailing arms on coils. Steers from under dash through steering column. Think i got lead poisoning during this build, cant remember?

[dont slow down]

Holy cow! That's some work right there. It looks amazing!

[RiceBurner]

Thankx, that was my first venture into brass and my skill and technique improved over the build, somewhat... I need resurrect the build and put a 1.9 scale axle under rear, motor up front with one of those disruptor planetary trannies.
Not trying steal your thunder 17dean, saw all that brass and got excited.

[17dean]

Don't mind sharing, hell it was your first build as well!

[KMS]

Wow ,,,great job ,good detail, I thought it was an older Quarter scale chassis,,,KMS,,,

[Rockridge]

nice work guys dont mean to hijack but i have a Q. do u guys find it easier to work with and solder brass over steel? or is their some other advantage im missing?

[RiceBurner]

Thankx, For me it was a lack of tools to work with/weld steel or aluminum. Made that carwith solder gun, really, hacksaw, files, tin snipes and dremel. Would of used aluminum in ideal situation.