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We have been working with brass for many years on early autos but am looking for someone who is "in-the-know" concerning brass cleaning without a heck of a lot of work. We are more interested in the use of chemicals. Buffing speeds and tricks for polishing brass, thin, radiators and lamp bonnets.
We anneal, weld, solder, bend, and have cast brass replacement parts. Do not want a barrage of questions, please. Until we have some answers as that takes time and time is something short on this end as we restore and fabricate origional wooden bodies and are a compleate restoration facility.

Good for you! Just one question…

I’m thinking about purchasing a grill with the following specifications:

Uniflame 40,000BTU 4-Burner Gas Wagon Grill, model #NSG3902D.

40,000 BTU Total of Four 10,000 BTU Stainless Steel Burners
Cast Brass Flush Side Burner Total 10000 BTU

As I am clueless about grills and the tank is not included, what tank do I need to buy for it?

I looked up that grill and it was like i expected, it uses a 5 gallon tank, standard grill size, and by law all all propane tanks that size must have an OPD valve, so any tank you buy should fit your grill, Look outside of gas stations, or places like home depot for a cage with tanks in it, you can buy them there, then when you run out return the tank and get a new full one at a discounted price.

The molten brass is poured into the top of the investment mold. It quickly cools and solidifies. Later on the investment was broken and removed to reveal brass chess pieces.

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Brass engines have a problem – they are hard to modernize with the new digital controllers, as the wheel power has to be isolated from the frames. If you intend to run them on some of the radio-controlled layouts, they can be a pain to convert. But it can be done.
Plastics and diecast metal has advantanges in that they’re cheaper, and if you make an Oops, it won’t cost you as much. Plastics are easy to chop and modify for different engine revisions and changes, which happen over time in the 1:1 world. Brass, while it has plent of detailing, is more expensive and you could ruin them if you don’t know how to work with metal properly.
Most all the "serious" club "runners" in my HO club, not modelers, prefer the plastics, as they can run them with radio control, and make mods as needed. While there are a few serious rivet-counters out there, it’s safer to say that most of my club members prefer the easy to fix, and cheapest, engines. All depends on what you want/like.

- The Gremlin Guy -

I am looking at grills and I can’t decide which is the best materials for the burners. I think the grate should be porceline covered cast iron unless someone thinks otherwise. Let me know your oppinion.

stainless steel

Broad Casting is a genre-defying event curated by Karen P. The night is all about combining the energy of great live music in an intimate venue (Cargo), with the worldwide reach of Red Bull Music Academy Radio.

As part of 2009s Red Bull Music Academy programme in London, this special edition of Broad Casting features a unique collaboration between Tony Allen & The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble as well as very special guests including Baaba Mal and Ty.

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I understand the manufacturing process for a laminated lock, but cannot figure out how the mechanical workings end up in a die cast lock and still work. Clearly the parts are too large to fit in through the hole made by inserting the key plug, and the parts would be unable to move if they were cast in. So how do the mechanical workings still operate inside the die cast body? I understand the basic concepts of using cores to make gaps in a die cast, but how would that work for say, a brass die cast lock?

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Broad Casting is a genre-defying event curated by Karen P. The night is all about combining the energy of great live music in an intimate venue (Cargo), with the worldwide reach of Red Bull Music Academy Radio.

As part of 2009s Red Bull Music Academy programme in London, this special edition of Broad Casting features a unique collaboration between Tony Allen & The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble as well as very special guests including Baaba Mal and Ty.

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A better option would be to solder or braze it. Tin-based soft solder would probably work, but due to the elevated temperature requirements, it would probably be better to use a silver brazing alloy.

If you don’t have some experience soldering or brazing, I’d take it to a local welding repair shop, and ask them if they can "silver braze" it for you.

Steel Aluminum Brass Cast Iron

whichever you can get cheaper