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Flux for Spelter Solder

and the flame can be directed to any point,
and the flame can be directed to any point,

The flux employed for spelter solder is borax, which can either be used separately, or mixed, by rubbing to a cream, or mixed with the solder in a very little water. 3490. Το Hard Solder. When the work is cleaned, bound, fluxed, and speltered, the whole is subjected to a clear charcoal or coke fire; or, what is now becoming far more general, convenient, cleanly, and manageable, a bellows blowpipe. The air passes from a bellows propelled by the foot through A (See Engraving.) The gas passes through B,

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