jasonc2861 wrote:Hey with soft soldering do you need to heat the copper or just use flux and a heating iron?
Kimbo wrote:jasonc2861 wrote:Hey with soft soldering do you need to heat the copper or just use flux and a heating iron?
I have found that its better to heat the copper, as it will draw the solder down into the join ( or at least around the join).
The experts here may have a better method :handgestures-thumbupleft:
jasonc2861 wrote: just heat it a bit to help it flow a bit better,,?
MacStill wrote:plenty of info on soft soldering here & here
jasonc2861 wrote:O man disaster,,the missus found my last 50buks stashed in my wallet and went and spent it on bloody food!!im down and out for a few weeks now :crying-blue: dam kids,,why do they eat so much anyway...dam poverty build...o well ill be metal detecting all the beaches etc,when its not friggen raining,,hopefully I can find enough coinage to buy some solder :shock: anyone in bunbury want to swap 2 x plastic 44's for some soft solder?? :handgestures-thumbupleft: ill chick in a free bottle of sth west comfort I made as well!! :pray:
jasonc2861 wrote:Yer might soft solder,joining that angle part on was a mission,,,was wondering where all the solder was going,,,looked down the tube and wow,,,proberbly 20 bucks of solder in there :laughing-rolling: big huge wad of it,,,least that won't leak, :pray: ,fingers crossed.what soft solder did you use mate?
Smbjk wrote:Hey I know why not sell the kids shoes :laughing-rolling:
Yummyrum wrote:Remember when we were kids and we used to make molds and melt lead to make sinkers ? ........Just thinking.....Big long skinny sinker mold kind of like a stick if solder .......with wasted melted solder poured into it (not lead) :think: .......just an Idea
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