Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Solder....again.....

Jimmy Lee [email protected]
Thu Aug 28 15:07:00 2003


Me too. I actually use stainless steel and a dog food can.
Jimmy, AE4DT

W�IFL wrote:

> I use a copper pot scrubber from the grocery store stuffed into an old
> coffee cup.  Got the idea from N�SS.
>
> 1. Cheap
> 2. Doesn't wet or cool the tip.
> 3. Won't leave little pieces of steel wool, etc on tip.
> 4. Werks FB!
> 5. Cheap
>
> W�IFL
> Ron Erxleben
> K2 #2133
>
> **snip**
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > With any kind of fine steel wool. I'd be concerned about a small steel
> wire
> > clinging to the tip and then being soldered into the circuit, permanently
> > altering the design with potentially disastrous results.
> >
> > Bill
> > NA7Y
> **snip**
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