[TheForge] design help needed.

[terry l. ridder]

hello;

i am making some brass candlesticks for christmas presents and was
hoping to use a brass yellow finish hard solder. well the price of hard
silver solder is out of my price range. below is a poor ascii drawing of
the parts that need to be solder. the design is based on an iforge demo
jock dempsey gave.

Brass Candle Sticks and More
http://www.anvilfire.com/iForge/tutor/jdcandle/top_index.htm

i would like a small fillet of solder at these joints:
where the oo and 1/4" brass rod meet.
where the oo and OO rings meet.
where the OO ring meets the dished drip pan and base.
where the 3/4" copper tubing meets the 16 gage dished drip pan.

i was thinking i would take one of the spools of oatey safe-flo silver
solder and use it. (in cleaning the shop the past 6 weeks i discovered 5
1 lbs spools of this solder. ;-) ) a silver finished solder joint with a
small fillet at the above joints would perhaps lend some constrast to
the brass yellow.


             \------------/
              |          | <-- 3/4" copper tubing 
   +---------------------------------+
    \         |          |          / <-- 16 gage C260 dished drip pan
     \        |----------|         /      2-1/2 inches in diameter
      +---------------------------+
                00|  |OO <-- 3/16" brass ring 1/4" inside diameter
                 o|  |o  <-- 1/8"  brass ring 1/4" inside diameter
                  |  |   <-- 1/4"  brass rod
                  ~  ~
                  |  |   <-- 1/4"  brass rod
                 o|  |o  <-- 1/8"  brass ring 1/4" inside diameter
                00|  |OO <-- 3/16" brass ring 1/4" inside diameter
   +---------------------------------+
  /                                   \ <-- 16 gage C260 dished base
 /                                     \    3-1/2 inches in diameter
+---------------------------------------+

would anyone have alternative ideas? would anyone know of alternative
hard solder that is brass yellow finish that is reasonable in price?

-- 
Terry L. Ridder ><>