Here's a brass master I am making to cast up some resin side winder motor boxes.

To get this project as narrow as I can, I am using an HO sized motor. Overall width using my BW32001 or BW32002 wheels is 1.915. With a bit of whitling, I think I can squeeze about another .100 out of it.

The first pic is of the two side plates just fresh out of the Sherline Mill. I first cut them to rough size, then soldered them together so nothing would move in the various milling operations. A quick blast with the propane totch soon separates them, and, before they cool, a quick wipe with a cloth soon removes the excess solder.



I took the rest of the pics before I cleaned up the solder joints just to show, that in general, I don't leave a lot of excess solder lying around that would need a lot of extra cleanup. If you don't put it on in the first place, you don't have to clean it up afterwards. I actually did use more in this case, as I wanted nice fillets in the corners for the resin reproductions to add some strength. If I was making actual brass motor boxes, I wouldn't have used nearly as much solder, as fillets in solder work, do not add strength, and, in many cases, can actually weaken the joint.