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So, I finally got my sheet brass to work on the TG. This sheet brass is .080 thick FYI. I measured the width needed where I'm going to silver solder onto the existing TG that I have built so far. This piece I'm going to use is 4" long. Probably a little longer than I need, but it's easy to cut off.....much harder to add on.

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They I lay out the shape of this, and because of the amount of brass that needs removed, I chose to hacksaw it off instead of filing it down. I still file, but less metal to file is good.
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Now, once I have the width, shape, and length I want I don't want to solder on an .080 thick piece to the .080 thick TG. It needs to be smaller. I could just solder it on, then shape it after that.....but instead I chose to file the part that's going to get soldered down. I was going to go to .040, but I left a little "meat" to work with once it's soldered.
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Here's the two pieces that I will (hopefully) join.
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You can see here how they will be soldered together. I will first shape the tail flat to fit as close as I can to the TG. Then that little "tent shape" piece of the TG will still show. BTW, you can see on the left where I soldered on two .080 pieces. Right now the one piece I've filed down to .060 and I think it's still to "fat". I'll work on that once I get the tail soldered on. Hopefully this will go well. This is my first attempt at a TG.
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And just a tip if you're going to file off any thickness on a piece you're going to attach. Filing down like this can (and usually for me) lead to filing more off one end than the other. Since my target thickness was .050, the one side was just about there. So, again, it's tough to "see" what you're filing at times and I don't want the close part to go thinner. So, I mark the section that's very close so that when I file the thicker side down, the marker should stay indicating I'm not filing that part. Anyway, that's what I do.
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<blockquote data-quote="ChuckJonesWagon" data-source="post: 2786261" data-attributes="member: 64758">So, I finally got my sheet brass to work on the TG. This sheet brass is .080 thick FYI. I measured the width needed where I&#039;m going to silver solder onto the existing TG that I have built so far. This piece I&#039;m going to use is 4&quot; long. Probably a little longer than I need, but it&#039;s easy to cut off.....much harder to add on.[ATTACH=full]376859[/ATTACH]They I lay out the shape of this, and because of the amount of brass that needs removed, I chose to hacksaw it off instead of filing it down. I still file, but less metal to file is good.[ATTACH=full]376860[/ATTACH]Now, once I have the width, shape, and length I want I don&#039;t want to solder on an .080 thick piece to the .080 thick TG. It needs to be smaller. I could just solder it on, then shape it after that.....but instead I chose to file the part that&#039;s going to get soldered down. I was going to go to .040, but I left a little &quot;meat&quot; to work with once it&#039;s soldered.[ATTACH=full]376861[/ATTACH]Here&#039;s the two pieces that I will (hopefully) join. [ATTACH=full]376862[/ATTACH]You can see here how they will be soldered together. I will first shape the tail flat to fit as close as I can to the TG. Then that little &quot;tent shape&quot; piece of the TG will still show.&nbsp; BTW, you can see on the left where I soldered on two .080 pieces. Right now the one piece I&#039;ve filed down to .060 and I think it&#039;s still to &quot;fat&quot;. I&#039;ll work on that once I get the tail soldered on. Hopefully this will go well. This is my first attempt at a TG. [ATTACH=full]376863[/ATTACH]And just a tip if you&#039;re going to file off any thickness on a piece you&#039;re going to attach. Filing down like this can (and usually for me) lead to filing more off one end than the other. Since my target thickness was .050, the one side was just about there. So, again, it&#039;s tough to &quot;see&quot; what you&#039;re filing at times and I don&#039;t want the close part to go thinner. So, I mark the section that&#039;s very close so that when I file the thicker side down, the marker should stay indicating I&#039;m not filing that part. Anyway, that&#039;s what I do.[ATTACH=full]376864[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ChuckJonesWagon, post: 2786261, member: 64758"] So, I finally got my sheet brass to work on the TG. This sheet brass is .080 thick FYI. I measured the width needed where I'm going to silver solder onto the existing TG that I have built so far. This piece I'm going to use is 4" long. Probably a little longer than I need, but it's easy to cut off.....much harder to add on. [ATTACH type="full"]376859[/ATTACH] They I lay out the shape of this, and because of the amount of brass that needs removed, I chose to hacksaw it off instead of filing it down. I still file, but less metal to file is good. [ATTACH type="full"]376860[/ATTACH] Now, once I have the width, shape, and length I want I don't want to solder on an .080 thick piece to the .080 thick TG. It needs to be smaller. I could just solder it on, then shape it after that.....but instead I chose to file the part that's going to get soldered down. I was going to go to .040, but I left a little "meat" to work with once it's soldered. [ATTACH type="full"]376861[/ATTACH] Here's the two pieces that I will (hopefully) join. [ATTACH type="full"]376862[/ATTACH] You can see here how they will be soldered together. I will first shape the tail flat to fit as close as I can to the TG. Then that little "tent shape" piece of the TG will still show. BTW, you can see on the left where I soldered on two .080 pieces. Right now the one piece I've filed down to .060 and I think it's still to "fat". I'll work on that once I get the tail soldered on. Hopefully this will go well. This is my first attempt at a TG. [ATTACH type="full"]376863[/ATTACH] And just a tip if you're going to file off any thickness on a piece you're going to attach. Filing down like this can (and usually for me) lead to filing more off one end than the other. Since my target thickness was .050, the one side was just about there. So, again, it's tough to "see" what you're filing at times and I don't want the close part to go thinner. So, I mark the section that's very close so that when I file the thicker side down, the marker should stay indicating I'm not filing that part. Anyway, that's what I do. [ATTACH type="full"]376864[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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