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Cheers.
The melted part on the lug was just on a practice piece, so I'm definitely not going to be spending time fixing it! I suspect Geoff was off dealing with Josh at the time - he's letting me get on with things by myself for long periods, which to be honest I prefer anyway. It was only the edge of the lug which melted slightly, largely I suspect because I was using the large flame and keeping it much too close to the lug. Plenty of progress today - details to follow...
Brommers
Looking good.
A bit shocked that you were able to melt the lug though - how close by was the tutor when that happened? It must have had some fair heat in the flame to let that happen...
Should easily be fixed with a bit more brass or silver and some clean up with the files though.
I've had similar issues with getting flow at the seat lug (exact same LongShen as yours) and I have wondered if it's also a bit down to tight tolerance too... I prefer using slightly smaller flames than normal like you.
I'm going to drill a couple of holes in the next one I use - or use a different seat lug. As you say it's a fair chunk of metal by the binder bolt.
Any progress on the back end?