Brass casting flaws

[yellowhammer]

Check out the voids and slag in this butt plate:

As usual it's in the worst place it can be. I hit it with the belt sander, and the deeper I go the worse it gets. It doesn't seem to be all the way through, but how deep to I need to go - paper thin LOL? Any way, just venting, I hate casting flaws.

 

[nchawkeye]

Can you return it to the supplier?

 

[Whitworth]

I'd send it back or just bite the bullet and buy another one. That flaw will always be there to detract from the rest of your craftsmanship and bug you forever. JMHO

 

[yellowhammer]

Typical for me I'll probably do both. After dinner I might attack it again with the belt sander .

 

[IanH]

Attack it with borax and a brazing rod.

 

[Commodore Swab]

Braze it up, i do it all the time. Its common a lockplate isnt the right shape and i need to tweak it.

 

[rusticbob]

Move along young fella!

 

[yellowhammer]

Move along young fella!

Uhhh... yeah..., I don't like traffic jams and I like creeks, and I generally like to keep moving... Thanks for the input (I think)...


Back to the original subject, I took it down below the voids on the belt sander and it's pretty thin - prob too thin to get a good countersink on the screw hole. I'll just get another one.

 

[Pete G]

Uhhh... yeah..., I don't like traffic jams and I like creeks, and I generally like to keep moving... Thanks for the input (I think)...


Back to the original subject, I took it down below the voids on the belt sander and it's pretty thin - prob too thin to get a good countersink on the screw hole. I'll just get another one.

Next time fill with solder and dress down, just like the original guys did.

 

[yellowhammer]

Next time fill with solder and dress down, just like the original guys did.