[GreenKeys] Soldering & stuff

[Don Robert House]

JIM,

I really appreciate your input.  I have 108 solder connections to make  
up the cables for my AN/URC-35B
Very kind of you to share your experience.

Don
K9TTY
Ringwood, IL
Home of ICE, SNOW, HAIL, Low temps and HEAVY WINDS in Winter
Home of HEAVY RAINS, High temps and Tornadoes in Spring Summer and Fall


On 9 Dec 2008, at 7:30 PM, James Bloomfield wrote:


	I would like to put I my $.02 - for what it's worth.

	A long time ago I built an IMSI computer.  Ten plug in boards into
the Mother board. 	At .1 inch spacing.  At the end of the project the
small soldering iron had a 'V' notch in it.

	At that time I had a pair of 'loops' that fit over my glasses.  With
extra light it worked well.

	The setup I now have is.  Three paint cans, quart size cans.  These
have 1 1/2 inches of lead melted into the cans so they stay where they  
are
put.  One can has a 1/4 X20 bolt through the can and that holds the  
spool of
solder.  I can pull on the solder and the can does not move.  I don't  
have
to look at it.  Another can with lead in the bottom will hold a solder  
gun
if you place it butt end first.  I can lay the gun down and it wont  
tip or
move.  For the fine work I have a variable heat iron.  For big work I  
have a
propane powered very small flame torch.  The big torch - for copper  
pipes -
I use to start fires (HIHI)

	I have one of those gimbaled vises.  Yep I filled the base with
lead, it does not move when I am pressing the item to be soldered with  
the
iron.  Almost everything gets put into the vise for soldering.  I can  
do a
much better job if I don't have to hold the item and it doesn't move.

	There is a lighted magnifying glass mounted on a swivel arm.  It is
handy for the small stuff.

	Where to get lead?  The tire stores have to pay to get rid of the
wheel weights.  When you buy a set of tires and bring a replacement  
bucket
they will give you the lead.  Next week I'll get more lead.

	What do I do with the third can?  Usually I cannot find all three
cans.  That is why I have three hammers also.

	A couple of weeks ago people were discussing the soldering setup for
multiwire cable so that is why I put my $0.02 .

	
	73
	KV4FE
	JIM
	Mayo Fl
	On the Suwannee River

	

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