Impact discovers he can't make a lever, sets things on fire instead

[Impactfour]

Well, it looks like Im going to be changing plans. I mocked up some levers but couldn't wrap my head around the engineering aspects. So imma build some brass, not quite sure what yet. But I'll update y'all when I figure that out.

For now here's a photo of the results from learning how to braze

[Cal440]

Well you got a start,what kind of solder are you using?

[Impactfour]

This stuff

[netsurferdude2]

You can do it!

[COB]

Add more fire and hit with rock. That's how I fix things

[netsurferdude2]

And thats why all your guns seem to break down on the field.

[COB]

They don't all break down. Even if they do, I can still throw rocks at you. I'll miss but it will make me feel better.

[BrickHaus]

You can make the lever bud!

[Impactfour]

I still plan on trying to make the lever tigershark eventually. I am struggling with finding a good way to pivot the lever between the plastic body and wood frame. I debated using some aluminum to beef things up, but that ended up making the tray that holds the trigger wider than I could manage with the wood I've got.

If all goes well enough with the brass projects I've got planned I may just build a tigershark body and trigger tray out of brass and go from there. Who knows, I'm not much of a planner!

[BrickHaus]

How wide is your wood? (Not being cute with that) lmao

What's your handle made out of?

[Impactfour]

3" wide, the main issue is the tray I made by chopping down a tigershark frame is pretty dang wide as well. I mocked up a lever and some supporting aluminum with some scrap 1/4" aluminum from work and most of that 3" got ate up pretty quick.

I'm hoping to be back on land at my shop by Friday, so I can spend some time with all the parts in front of me to see if any ideas hit me. Probably whip up some more brass work then if I have the time.

[markdem]

Man, i feel your pain. The amount of material ive wasted. All that effort spent... it sucks

[Heavy_D]

you need the two parts to both be sanded nicely, and very clean, and held together well, when soldering tubes together i use Hay wire twisted tight then apply ample flux to the desired area, I use a Mapp gas torch and heat both parts very well takes a min or two until the solder literally melts just touching it to the tube the then it will flow for you. when its hot enough the solder acts totally different, also if you dont start with sanded and clean parts, the solder doesnt stick or hold

[Trbo323]

Yeah I agree with the rest, those look like cold joins. Basically you melted the solder but the brass wasn't up to a temperature that would allow it to bond

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