Thomas Newcity Posted May 17, 2022 Share Posted May 17, 2022 45 minutes ago, Patrick Ray said: The part number with the red arrow is a semi tubular that I use for the stamped hubs. The other part number is a semi tubular that I'm going to try with the cast hubs. I know, not original. But I don't want to risk busting a cast hub with a solid rivet. I know more experienced guys use solids, but as I am new to riveting cast, I want to play it safe. Side note, the last digit in the part number is the letter O not the number 0. That may make it easier to find the rivet on their site. Been there/done that many times. I still hold my breath every time I use a solid rivet in a cast hub. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Smith Posted May 18, 2022 Author Share Posted May 18, 2022 I think Mr. Benco from the videos above uses the semi-tubular from what I was seeing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Smith Posted September 27, 2022 Author Share Posted September 27, 2022 Got going on a few other things and have not worked on this for a few months. Picture of current status below. Rivets ordered for attaching blades to hub. However, ran into another problem ... dropped the bottom plate of the oscillator wheel ... broke into 3 parts. Tried to silver braze back together to no avail ... where can I get one of these? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Ray Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 Ben, reach out to Jerry Bravi for a replacement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Olson Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 Iron can be silver brazed, but you need either the blue or orange flux coated rod. Blue is 43% (IIRC) and orange is 56%. They wet the iron really well, then you can cap with 15% sil-phos. White flux coated brass/bronze rods also will braze to iron well. I recommend the high silver on thin cast simply because it wets the iron really easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Smith Posted September 27, 2022 Author Share Posted September 27, 2022 Thanks for the tips. Maybe I will try it again for learning. I reached out to Jerry Bravi and will be ordering one. Kindest, Ben. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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