posted 3 years ago
There was a single mom who had been using a pair of vise grips for a kitchen hot-water tap handle until the faucet stem was all gone. The trouble was, the faucet was integral to a huge porcelain double sink, double drain area, and big backsplash unit, and estimates were in the thousands. I bought a standard cartridge, and sawed off the spline for the handle. Then, I silver-soldered that to the old stem, and she was back in business. It could hardly have been easier, but silver solder was the key.