Hallo,
i'm in the build of a swayback and i had issues.
I have soldered (pre-tinning-parts technique) ss bolsters to ss liners, and one of them shows a little black line front/back where the solder didn't run, at the scale side.
I use the "lead pencil barrier" technique to prevent the solder sticking to the rest of the liner and side of the bolster, and I'm pretty sure that when i joined the 2 tinned parts together i might have smeared a bit of graphite in that area by mistake, preventing the complete soldering.
The problem is that i realized my mistake only while profiling the bolster/liner assembly, so i'm somewhat reluctant to redo in the fear of have trouble realigning everything right.
Do you think i should try to just flux the little gap and solder as is?
Thanks
Stefano
i'm in the build of a swayback and i had issues.
I have soldered (pre-tinning-parts technique) ss bolsters to ss liners, and one of them shows a little black line front/back where the solder didn't run, at the scale side.
I use the "lead pencil barrier" technique to prevent the solder sticking to the rest of the liner and side of the bolster, and I'm pretty sure that when i joined the 2 tinned parts together i might have smeared a bit of graphite in that area by mistake, preventing the complete soldering.
The problem is that i realized my mistake only while profiling the bolster/liner assembly, so i'm somewhat reluctant to redo in the fear of have trouble realigning everything right.
Do you think i should try to just flux the little gap and solder as is?
Thanks
Stefano