On Oct 21, 2:40 am, "Rick Hughes" wrote:
"Matty F" wrote in message

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I want to make some brass boxes, about 65x45mm, with hinged lids.
I thought I'd use 2mm brass plate, and solder the bottom on with
silver solder. They need to be oil-tight!
I've not soldered brass before. Any suggestions?

If you want strength then bronze weld it, better than soldering.

Yes we seem to have all the gear for that. I'll have to learn how to
use it over the next few weeks.

I have a variety of brass bits here.
http://i35.tinypic.com/opwnlt.jpg

The box is cast and is between 3 and 5 mm thick. I have plenty of 5mm
brass plate and 0.5mm sheet (i.e. too thin), and some 2mm and 3mm
plate. The supplier has sheet in 1 metre x 2 metre sheets, i.e. rather
a lot!