Part Three
Necessary for hardsoldering:
- Gasweller.
- Flux (for de-oxidating).
- Hardsolder.
Cleaning of the 15mm copper tube with steelwool.
Preparing the 15mm copper tube and 1/2" to 15mm adaptor.
Hardsoldered 15mm copper tube to 1/2" adaptor.
After filing and lapping with steelwool.
Thee airtrap mounted together with the holders. The two 1/2 adaptors are glued and screwed with Rectavit "Rectafix" glue to the 20mm T-part). This glue remains elastic after drying.
The glues. (I didn't use the 2-component epoxyglue in this application).
The finished product!...
PS: Before glueing and soldering all parts have to be filed, scrubbed and "rugged" with fine sandpaper and degreased with methanol or another degreaser.
This airtrap took me about one hour to make...
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