Barrel replacement services update!

[Olle]

Originally Posted by John Sabato

In the "good ole days" when I did such work, and was out of the THIN silver solder, I would take some nice round solder from the reel and pound it flat on the anvil ... with a clean surface you can wrap the flat solder around the area to be tinned and then heat it until it 'runs'...

Thanks, I will add that to my book of "down and dirty tricks". I guess the "thin" solder you refer to is the ribbon? I'm thinking about getting some of that, haven't tried it yet but I figure that it's one of those things that "may come in handy one day".