Trim Scriber

[customline]

On 10/27/2024 at 4:27 PM, NOBLNG said:

I have sharpened the trim scriber to a chisel point and used it to scrape a relief for window glass and posted it somewhere on here before I’m sure. But this is an easy upgrade. I took a short piece of coat hanger wire and sharpened it on both ends to a chisel point. Then soldered it to another piece of coat hanger. Now it can be chucked in a pin vise and used as an inside scraper or an outside scraper. Being chucked in a pin vise makes it far easier to handle. The width and profile can be filed to suit your needs.?

 

Greg, what are you using to solder steel, silver?

[NOBLNG]

1 hour ago, customline said:

Greg, what are you using to solder steel, silver?

This. I clean (sand) the parts well and use a bit of flux. I think I used rosin flux. I was surprised how well it worked.

Edited November 26, 2024 by NOBLNG

[peteski]

The 63/37 solder is a standard eutectic solder which has been used for electronic component soldering for many decades (until the lead had to be eliminated from solder for environmental reasons). I still use it for all the electronic part soldering because it is eutectic, and has a relatively low melting point, but it is not a very strong solder. Silver bearing solder is much stronger.

Flux is vital for good solder joints but rosin flux is not very aggressive. If it worked for Greg, that s great. For soldering harder to solder metals I use acid-based flux like Tix Flux which is based on Zinc Chloride.  It makes soldering steel much easier. Of course the soldered areas have to be well cleaned first.