Grrrrr!

Getting everything square for soldering was a right royal pain. I ended up de-soldering twice due to poor alignment which meant a thorough clean up after each attempt - lots of wasted time and silver solder! Third time lucky though - here's the part after the third attempt showing the rod I used to keep alignment along with a couple of clamps.


A quick de-scale, pop in the brass bearings and see if it lines up vertically with the piston rod...looks ok!