[Elecraft] solder / lamp

[Fred Jensen]

FWIW:  I built my K2 and KX1 using a 1 lb roll of 63/37 0.015" solder 
I've had for a hundred years.  I never had feed-rate problems, and was 
able to very finely control how much solder went into the holes. 
There's still about 1/3 lb of solder on the roll.

My wife bought me a magnifying lamp encircled with very bright white 
LED's.  It eliminates shadows.  There is a little optical distortion if 
you look through the edges of the glass, but it works a lot better for 
me than the Optivisor I tried.

73,

Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 2012 Cal QSO Party 6-7 Oct 2012
- www.cqp.org

On 12/8/2011 9:24 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:

> I suggest Kester 285 solder in the 37/63 alloy mix.  A diameter of 0.20
> is a good compromise between a decent feed rate and getting too much
> solder on the connection before you know what is happening.