Clay will work. It's what the old plumbers used to use back in the day. You pack the joint from one end with clay, run lead with tin content to make it stick to the cast steel, then chip the clay out and run the back side with lead with tin. you then have a complete joint.
Take care using to much heat, the old guys used a "blow torch" to do the work and temps were likely lower than modern propane torches. On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 12:44 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I got myself into a project that I should have walked away from but since > I am into it, I am not giving it up. > I did offer it up for sale or trade but no one came looking so maybe they > were smarter than me. Time will tell. > I bought, for little money, an antique woodworking multi-machine. It had a > 12" table saw intending mostly for ripping, an 8" jointer and a 22" band > saw in one machine. > It is old enough to be flat belt so pretty old. > I decided that the band saw was the only desirable part so I dismantled it > to the point where I have only the band saw left on the frame. > I then wanted to cut the frame down to a smaller size. If my memory is > reasonably accurate, the frame will end up about 24" square. > The frame has 2 cast end frames and pipes that join the two ends. The > pipes go through holes in the end frames. They are held in place by set > screws in the end frames and by lead melted in to the frame to fill any > voids around the pipe. > I melted the lead out of the holes on the one frame with a propane torch > so that I could remove the one end frame. Then cut the pipes down by a foot > or more to make a more compact frame unit. > There are 4 pipes through the end frame sides and 2 angle iron pieces on > the top. > My issue now, is that I want to refill the voids with melted lead. > I tipped the unit on end so that the parts I wanted to melt into were down. > I clamped a piece of plywood on the end of the one spot and melted solder > into the gap between the pipe and the frame. Not a large gap. Probably > 1/8th at the widest. > Unfortunately, it did not work out well. I need some means of plugging > the end better. The plywood did not fit tight to the pipe end - only to the > frame end. The solder went into the end of the pipe and when it had burned > the plywood enough to make a hole, flowed out. I ended up with a bit of a > lead plug that fell out of the end of the pipe when I removed the plywood. > I can use a piece of steel in place of the plywood so that it will not > burn through but I need some means of plugging the end of the pipe so that > the solder will just fill the void around the pipe. > > Any great ideas? > Muffler cement?? > > RB > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
