[Elecraft] Tinning toroids with a solder pot

Tue Aug 26 16:59:00 2003

I've seen many mentions of problems with tinning the leads on the 
Toroids. I had trouble with one bad connection when building my K1 
and after that decided to do it the "wrong" way. I used my pocket 
knife to carefully scrape the insulation off the leads and then tin them 
before installing on the board -- I never had a bad toroid connection 
for the rest of the building of the K1 or the subsequent K2.

KAC 
WB0E

On 26 Aug 2003 at 19:28, Edward Kenworthy wrote:

From:           	Edward Kenworthy <[email protected]>
To:             	Elecraft Reflector <[email protected]>
Subject:        	[Elecraft] Tinning toroids with a solder pot
Date sent:      	Tue, 26 Aug 2003 19:28:12 +0100

> 
> I've been thinking of buying a solder pot to tin the leads on all the
> toroids I'll have to make (K2, AATU, SSB, 160m etc etc). I'm happy
> with the winding part but can't seem to get the tinning right using
> the blob of solder method (admittedly using a fine solder tip). I
> considered the toroid guy but decided against his offerings - I'll
> build the whole kit myself dammit ;-) So would a solder pot help - ie
> make it as easy as possible to tin the toroid leads - or am I kidding
> myself ?
> 
> Edward
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Elecraft mailing list: [email protected]
> You must be subscribed to post to the list.
> To subscribe or unsubscribe see:
> http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Elecraft Web Page:
> http://www.elecraft.com Also see:
> http://www.elecraft.com/elecraft_list_guidelines.htm
> 

Kenny A. Chaffin
KAC Website Design - http://www.kacweb.com
Poetry Page - http://www.kacweb.com/poems/