Pewter Solder Inlay

[Jim McLain]

I sat in on a rotation by John Wessels at the annual symposium in Kansas City and would like to try using some of his material for inlay. The handout says that the roof solder alloy he was using is made up of one part Wood's Alloy and two parts Tinmans 35. The problem is I do not seem to find a source for either product in the US. Are there substitute products that can be found here in the US to make the alloy. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Mike Johnson]

I might be wrong, but the "35" would most likely refer to the percentage of tin used in the solder.

 

[Richard Coers]

Wood's metal, also known as Lipowitz's alloy or by the commercial names Cerrobend, Bendalloy, Pewtalloy and MCP 158. No idea what melting point you are after.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cerrobend-1-lb-ingot-Low-Melting-Temperature-Alloy-/301231342282

 

[Jon Spelbring]

I sat in on a rotation by John Wessels at the annual symposium in Kansas City and would like to try using some of his material for inlay. The handout says that the roof solder alloy he was using is made up of one part Wood's Alloy and two parts Tinmans 35. The problem is I do not seem to find a source for either product in the US. Are there substitute products that can be found here in the US to make the alloy. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Check out rotometals.com. I ordered the Woods alloy and 37/63 solder. I melted a batch a couple of days ago. Melted easy. I'll be trying it out this week.