[R-390] Now *this* is a really nifty idea...

[w9ya]

Even with the best of instruction and many decades of daily practice,
without good solder ANYONE will have a tough time doing a good joint.

To wit; be sure to get solder designed for hand soldering work. Eustatic
stuff comes to mind, and these formulas ARE avialable in stuff that does not
use rosin in the core. BUT **you** have to be the one that uses the right
stuff.

Bob
w9ya


On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 12:31 PM, Bill Hawkins <bill at iaxs.net> wrote:

> A business trip to Cambridge, MA, a few years ago gave me a chance
> to see how MIT had changed since 1960. I checked out Doc Edgerton's
> area and found an open room with interesting stuff but no class in
> session. The instructor told me that he had a class of 25 who were
> learning to solder by building elementary projects.
>
> The class was made available to surrounding schools because there
> weren't enough people at MIT who wanted to take it.
>
> Conversely, Eden Prairie High School has an electronics class with
> about 30 soldering stations and 4 groups taking the course.
>
> Bill Hawkins
>
> Dr. Harold Edgerton, aka Papa Flash, started the company called EG&G.
>
> Personally, I learned how to avoid cold-solder joints when I was 9.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Norris
> Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 10:53 PM
>
> Believe me, I've seen and repaired a lot of things where the person who
> last tried to "fix" it had no clue how to solder two wires together.
>
>
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