[NJARC] 63/37 Solder at $8.50 a pound on ebay

[Billoradio at aol.com]

Dear John.

I am sorry to hear of the passing of your friend Samuel Kester. Yes 65/35 
was sure pushing the envelope. I would suggest that the heat might have 
contributed. I also think the radiation treatments would not have been effective 
on him. How much did he weigh at his passing? I was told he had a 32" waist 
and weighed over 400 spools, I mean pounds.

Bill O

> John,
> I visited the Solder Collector's Association many times in the past years 
> and everything I know and learned about solder was from 
> that website. Unfortunately 2 months ago the founding father of that very 
> informative website, Samuel Kester died a 
> slow horrible death of lead poisoning when he was mixing a new formula of 
> 65/35 solder that would have revolutionized
> the way we would solder today and in the future.
> 
> The greatest gift I received from Samuel Kester was a autographed roll of 
> Kester Solder 3 weeks before
> his untimely death.
> 
> Unfortunately his estate decided to shutdown the website. I offered to 
> host the website but the estate lawyer refused my generosity.
> 
> Regards,
> Sal
>