[Boatanchors] Solder

[Pete Lancashire]

I totally love the folk lure on WECO solder. Only if the audio types knew
it was salvaged/reclaimed solder by Nassau Smelting and. Refining Company a
wholly owned division of WE.

My brother worked for Bell Penna and any work on the ESS switches no Nassau
solder was to be found, it was all "new", the usual brands.

On Sun, May 10, 2015 at 7:51 PM, WA5CAB--- via Boatanchors <
boatanchors at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

> This was called Ersin Savbit (or Savebit). The only drawback to it was that
> a good solder joint has a dull instead of shiny finish. If you aren't
> familiar with it, it can be quite disturbing.
>
> Robert Downs - Houston
> wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
> MVPA 9480
>
> In a message dated 05/10/2015 18:31:43 PM Central Daylight Time,
> 1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com writes:
> >       A long time ago Ersin made Multicore solder with a small amount of
> > copper added.  This was to prevent the solder from dissolving copper
> > soldering iron tips.  It worked well.
> >
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