INDEX
Reading edition
Acetylene used in welding, 135
Alloys, eutectic, 4
Aluminium, bit used with, 61
——, difficulty in soldering, 57, 58
——, flux for, 61, 143, 144
——, oxy-acetylene welding, 143
——, soldering, 62, 63
—— solders, 58-61
Arc welding, 131, 132
Autogenous welding (see Oxy-acetylene welding)
“Best” solder, 4
Birdcage wires, soldering, 53
Bismuth, solder and flux for, 7
Black, plumber’s, 66-68
Blow-lamp bit, 21
Blow-lamps, 44, 46, 92
——, managing, etc., 118-121
——, paraffin brazing, 122-128
Blowpipe, bench, 40, 41
——, Black’s, 37
—— capacities, 116
—— flame, 38
——, Fletcher’s, 37
——, gas, making, 93, 94
——, mouth, 37-40
——, operating, 46
——, oxy-acetylene, 136
——: proportion of air to gas, 114
—— soft solder, 4
—— soldering, 17, 46-56
Boiling water, solders that melt in, 11
Borax flux, 78, 79
Brass fittings, tinning, 66
——, solder and flux for, 7
——, soldering aluminium to, 60
Britannia metal, solder and flux for, 7
Brazing, 1, 89-107
—— copper rod, 100
—— cycle-frame joints, 103
——, flux for, 91
—— iron, 98-100, 105-107
—— key stems, 101
——, spelter for, 89-91
—— steel, 98-100
Brazing-lamps (see Blow-lamps)
Brooches, soldering, 83
Brush for applying flux, 14
Bunsen burner, 40, 42
Burning lead, 2, 150-154
Cast-iron, brazing, 105-107
——, flux for, 106, 107, 147
——, oxy-acetylene welding, 145
Catching-tray, 42
Churns, soldering, 35
Clay, packing work in, 51
Cloths, plumber’s, 68, 69
“Coarse” solder, 4
“Common” solder, 4
Compo. piping, making solder from, 9
Contact welding, 129-131
Copper, brazing, 100
——, flux for, 141
——, oxy-acetylene welding, 139
——, soldering aluminium to, 60
——, soft solder and flux for, 7
Copper-bit soldering, 28-36
Copper-bits, 17-24
——, gas-heated, 22-24
——, holding, 30
——, spirit-heated, 20, 21
——, stoves for, 24, 25
——, tinning, 25-28
Corroded metal, soldering, 50
Cycle brazing, 102-105
Dial ring, soldering, 50
Dross on solder, 11
Electric arc welding, 131, 132
—— contact welding, 129-131
Enamelled ware, soldering, 35
Eutectic alloys, 4
“Fine” solder, 4
Flaming lead, 2, 150-154
Flux (see also names of metals)
——, applying, 14, 15
—— for brazing, 91
—— combined with solder, 10
—— containers, 14
—— for soft soldering, 12-16
Fluxite and specialities, 13, 20
Food containers, flux for, 15
Fusion welding (see Oxy-acetylene welding)
Galvanised steel, solder and flux for, 7
Gas blowpipes, 41, 93, 94, 112-117
—— brazing-hearth, 94-98
Gas-heated bits, 22-24
Gold, “colouring,” 87, 88
——, flux for, 7
—— jewellery, soldering, 83-88
—— solders, hard, 85, 86
—— ——, soft, 7
Gold-cased ware, soldering, 84
Granulated solder, 8
Gun-barrel, soldering catch on, 36
Gunmetal, solder and flux for, 7
Hard solder and soldering (see Brazing, Silver-soldering, and names of metals)
Hardness of solder, 5
Hearth, gas brazing, 94-98
Hiorns, A. H., 4, 5
Iron, brazing, 98-100, 105-107
——, flux for, 147
——, hammer-welding, 108
——, oxy-acetylene welding, 145
——, soft solder and flux for, 7
Jewellery, soldering, 83-88
Joints, reinforced and filled-in, 34
Jubb, W. H., 76
Kettle spout, soldering, 50
Key stems, brazing, 101
“Killed spirit,” 12-15
Lading-can handle, soldering, 47
Ladle, solder, 7
Lamp, soldering lug on, 48
Lead, solder and flux for, 7
Lead-burning, 2, 150-154
Leaded lights, soldering, 35
“Magic” solder, 10
“Medium” solder, 4
Melting points of solder, etc., 4, 5
Milk churns, soldering, 35
Name-plates, sweating letters on, 54-56
Oxy-acetylene welding, 2, 134-149
—— —— aluminium, 143-145
—— ——: apparatus, 136-139
—— —— cast-iron, 145-149
—— —— copper, 139-143
Oxygen used in welding, 135
Paillons, solder, 79-80
Pewter, making solder from, 9
——, solder and flux for, 7
Phosphor-tin, solders containing, 59-61
Pickle, gold-solderer’s, 85, 87
——, silver-solderer’s, 77, 78, 87
Pipe joints, burnt, 153, 154
—— ——, horizontal or underhand wiped, 69-72
—— ——: lead to cast-iron, 74
—— ——, silver-soldered, 80, 81
—— ——, soldered, 52, 53
—— ——, upright wiped, 72-74
Plumber’s black, 66-68
—— cloths, 68, 69
—— flux, 66
—— solder, 4, 64-66
“Poisoned” solder, 6, 65, 66
Rings, jewelled, soldering, 84
Ryan’s gas-heated bit, 22
Sal-ammoniac block for tinning bits, 26-28
Sand, packing work in, 51
Seams, soft-soldered, 31-33
Shave-hook, 28
Silver jewellery, soldering, 83
——, soft solder and flux for, 7
—— solders, 75-77
Silver-soldering, 1, 3, 75-82
——: pickle, 77, 78
——: quenching, 81
——: removing marks, 81
Smudge, plumber’s, 66-68
Soft soldering, 1-3, 28-56
—— —— with blowpipe, 46-56
—— —— —— copper-bit, 28-36
—— solders, 4-11
—— —— that melt in boiling water, 10, 11
Soil, plumber’s, 66-68
Solder (see also Silver solder, Soft solder, etc., and under names of metals)
—— combined with flux, 10
——, overheated, 11
——, re-melted, 11
“Soldering iron,” 17
Soldering solutions, 14
Spelter, 1, 3, 89-91
Spirit-heated bits, 20, 21
Spirit-lamps, 40
Spot-welding, electric, 130
Steel, brazing, 98-100
——, flux for, 111
——, hammer-welding, 109-111
——, soft solder and flux for, 7
Stoves for heating bits, 24, 25
Strip solder, 6-8
Sweating, 32-34, 54-56
Tapers, 41
Tears, solder, 8
Thermit welding, 2, 132, 133
Tin, solder and flux for, 7
Tinning bits, 25-28
“Tinol” specialities, 10, 13, 19
Tinplate, solder and flux for, 7
“Touch” or tallow, 66
Tube solder, 10
Vegetable masher, soldering, 48
“Very fine” solder, 4
Watch-case, silver-soldering, 79
Welding (see also separate headings)
——, electric, 129-132
—— iron and steel under the hammer, 108-111
——, oxy-acetylene, 134-149
——, thermit, 132, 133
——: various processes, 1, 2
Wire, solder, 8
Zinc chloride, 12-15
—— in solder, 6, 65, 66
——, solder and flux for, 7
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