[MRCG] [MRCA] Additional thought on Dayton Hamvention & Otherthings

Peter Gottlieb kb2vtl at gmail.com
Tue Feb 19 22:36:39 EST 2019


Really?  I use it interchangeably with 63/37 on the new PC boards, especially 
the small stuff, but do prefer the 63/37 for large connections like in point to 
point wiring of WWII stuff.  As things get smaller I like the new lead free 
stuff more, it seems easier to control the joints and bead when soldering really 
tiny stuff.


On 2/19/2019 9:59 PM, Jason W6IEE wrote:
> Lead free solder is garbage. ;) The upside, was that a former employer had
> to get rid of all their 62/38. It went home with me!
>
> On Tue, Feb 19, 2019, 6:37 PM Peter Gottlieb <kb2vtl at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I don't really have a problem with it, but don't like the fluxes they use
>> with it.
>>
>>
>> On 2/19/2019 9:22 PM, Mark J. Blair wrote:
>>> I’m not entirely free of curmudgeonliness. Don’t ask me what I think of
>> lead-free solder unless you want an earful! :)
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