[Microwave] Silly Homebrew Question

Tue, 15 Oct 2002 09:41:11 +0200

Scott,

I am not shure if your Drawn Steel Box from Mouser will
accept solder. (Buy one and try ? )
What I do when I solder boxes is to put them
on one of the plates on my kitchen oven to "preheat".
Then the box is evenly heated and soldering is very easy.
You do not need a gaz heater. Make shure you do not overheat the
box as it will get a very ugly color.

Best regards
Marius

Scott Townley wrote:

> I need a small, solderable project box.
> I see in Mouser catalog some "Drawn Steel Boxes, Cadmium Plated" with lids
> "designed to be soldered in place".
> So...anyone familiar with these items?  Are they truly solderable?  By
> their description they would seem to be similar to the boxes used to hold
> EMI line filters.
> Or are there better alternatives?  These are pretty cheap.
> Please, no "make the box yourself" comments, as I have tried and tried and
> for whatever reason, I just don't seem to be coordinated enough to get it
> to work.
> Thanks in Advance,
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