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

[salb203 at aol.com]

Bill,
Its true he had a 32" waste but at the time of his death, he weighed about 84 pounds.

Sal
 

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Sent: Mon, Jul 26, 2010 3:22 pm
Subject: Re: [NJARC] 63/37 Solder at $8.50 a pound on ebay


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