Adding fins to bottom of flat pan (?)

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Originally Posted by KenWP

I never realized that SS could have a film on it also. I hadn't really cleaned it well enough before I fluxed it. I will try again tomorrow with a cleaner surface. I read over the link Hanyes told me to search and it had better directions on how to solder SS. Guess there is clean and then clean. The solder I have and the flux is correct according to the web site.

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Ken, when you are heating the ss is when the film can form. I use Harris Stay-clean for stainless (it is a liquid acid flux), if the solder will not stick to the stainless add a drop or two when it is still hot and the solder should then bond to the steel. Don't breath the smoke from the flux because it is an acid.

How Are You Guys Resizing Your Pictures To Attach Them On Here??

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Originally Posted by MAPLE ROOKIE

How Are You Guys Resizing Your Pictures To Attach Them On Here??

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CHECK OUT MY FLUE PAN IN MY PROFILES PAGE AND LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK..

We just got back from the Sugar Bush, Started the new block arch this weekend.
Here are pictues of the new arch with the pans installed. The pic on the right is thru the fire box looking at the bottom of the pans
Maple Rookie that is a nice looking pan, you should do well with it.

Nice looking pans guys. If I made another one I think it would be a drop tube flue pan.

Maple Rookie, you need to use some type of picture editing software. There are many types out there. I am using Microsoft Office picture manager. When you post a reply, scoll down the page. You will see box for manage attachments. Click on it. You will see the size of the files the site will accept. By clicking browse you can search your computer for the compressed picture. Click on the picture and hit upload. After loaded, close window and sumit.

Hope this helps.

I got a little better at solder today. I found I have to buff the SS flux and then heat it and then use a wire brush on it and then flux again and then the solder will stick most of the time. I will be a while getting this done it looks like. I had only soldered copper before and this is way harder to do. When I am done it better work or else.

Ken,

You are doing this in the right order. Clean stainless is the ticket. I sanded it, then flux, then solder. I found that using a propane torch with Sta Brite flux and silver solder worked great. I used a very low flame, otherwise the heat would boil off the flux on the far side of the hole and I would need to re clean and flux. Once you get the touch it works great.

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Originally Posted by MAPLE ROOKIE

CHECK OUT MY FLUE PAN IN MY PROFILES PAGE AND LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK..

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ok guys i finally got it i think let me know what you think,

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Originally Posted by MAPLE ROOKIE

ok guys i finally got it i think let me know what you think,

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as you can see its all copper, and the tubes them selves are about 1-1/4 id and run from front to back, the flues are a total of 7in deep. there is a 2in tube that runs over the flue tubes, this comes off my float box. its a preety simple set up. what im think about know is, i could make one of these out of my 2x4 flat pan just by adding the tubes.

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Originally Posted by RileySugarbush

Ken,

You are doing this in the right order. Clean stainless is the ticket. I sanded it, then flux, then solder. I found that using a propane torch with Sta Brite flux and silver solder worked great. I used a very low flame, otherwise the heat would boil off the flux on the far side of the hole and I would need to re clean and flux. Once you get the touch it works great.

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One thing I wasn't doing right was sanding it. I guess when I do copper I allwasy use emery cloth to clean it and I found it works on the SS as well now that I do it. Live and learn. I have also to plug the holes in the sinks found SS containers that fit so I have a increase in surface area for there also.