Originally Posted by Kontact

Sorry, it was my understanding that silver won't bridge certain distances between lug and tube that brass would, which is why builders need to use brass for certain joints or lugs - like dropouts into stays and some bulge formed lugs. So one would think that a tube that is angled to the extreme might have a large spot down inside where the tube is angled away from the lug wall that the silver would not flow into and bridge between them. Have I misunderstood the problem, or just the degree?