04-22-2009, 09:14 PM | #1 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Near my tools
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| Tiny parts brazing
i was making a tuber and want to add nuts....how do you all hold a nuts (small parts) in steady position when brazing it's hard to hold with pliers and my shaky hand suggestions please thanks deephis |
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04-22-2009, 09:28 PM | #2 |
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it can be done with a "third hand" tool... (base with alligator clips) Or, thread a piece of rod or a bolt into the nut, then have the wife, gf, or a friend hold in place. or you could tin the area you want to put the nut... then use a hand to hold it, instead of the solder. |
04-22-2009, 09:50 PM | #3 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: N.E. Mpls
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Them lil alligator clips last about ............that long....I think I read something about putting a long screw into it and holding the screw with a helping hands kinna deal. I use different magnets and clamps on a pcs of 3/8plate steel anout 6x6 sitting on a bigger plate of 1/4 plate alum. I will be getting to the point soo n in my build and am hopeing to see some other ideas from our local mcgyvers... |
04-23-2009, 04:08 AM | #4 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Here
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Home Depot sells small clamps that cost $.47 I think and have blue rubber grip on them. I got 10 to try out and see if they'll work, just havent yet. |
04-23-2009, 04:30 AM | #5 |
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I don't hold them, normally I'll set the area i want the nut on a flat surface (aluminum) and place the nut where I want it and braze it. You just have to be careful that the flame doesn't blow the nut around.
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04-23-2009, 03:38 PM | #6 | |
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04-23-2009, 07:09 PM | #7 |
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long screew in the nut hold it with my 3rd hand i made. my bench is 3/16 steel plate and so i took an old mag base and brazed a clamp on it. sorry for the fuzzy pics |
04-23-2009, 10:18 PM | #8 |
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wondering this is what you use for third hand?
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04-24-2009, 07:24 PM | #9 |
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I don't use nuts, I weld a piece of sheet metal where i want it and drill and tap a hole. I feel it makes for a cleaner look and the sheet metal is much easier to hold in place.
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04-24-2009, 08:36 PM | #10 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Canada, eh.
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I use the procedure I think Matt (mrpink) wrote up here a long while back. Essentially, I apply a bit of flux to the part of the frame I want the nut brazed to, heat it up and apply the safety silv. Then hold my nut with needle nose plies, add a bit of flux to it, press it to the safety silv, reheat and press the nut to the frame and let it cool. Generally takes me less time to braze a nut on a frame then it did for me to write this! I've successfully used this technique for nuts as small as M2's, but usually am brazing on M3 nuts. |
04-25-2009, 07:10 AM | #11 | |
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04-25-2009, 10:08 AM | #12 | |
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@all, Appreciate for all your tips Quote: Thanks mrpink i have searched but not until '07 post times to 'play' with the nut | |
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