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1. [TR] soldering (score: 1): Author: nafzigerg at yahoo.com (Gary Nafziger); Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2012 20:00:34 -0800 (PST); On one of the recent posts I read where someone mentioned not having good luck soldering electrical connections. I have been having an awful time soldering. My soldering iron is a Weller 140/100 watt; /html/triumphs/2012-03/msg00065.html (8,139 bytes)
2. [TR] soldering (score: 1): Author: jeyoung_2 at yahoo.com (John Young); Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2012 20:24:56 -0800 (PST); The solder for electrical joints is not like the solder for other things. It has a rosin core. Most others are either solid, to be used with an externally applied flux, or acid core You can buy rosin; /html/triumphs/2012-03/msg00067.html (10,499 bytes)
3. [TR] soldering (score: 1): Author: TR3driver at ca.rr.com (Randall); Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2012 22:03:53 -0800; In addition, practically all plumbing solder these days is lead-free and is much harder to use (won't wet the surface) than the classic tin/lead solder, as well as having a higher melting point. It; /html/triumphs/2012-03/msg00070.html (9,561 bytes)
4. [TR] soldering (score: 1): Author: cfmtr3a at verizon.net (Carl TR); Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2012 10:40:25 -0500; That explains why I couldn't get an electrical connection soldered correctly (ended up buying a new base). I couldn't get it hot enough with my old s-gun. Thanks Randall - you definitely are a founta; /html/triumphs/2012-03/msg00078.html (10,964 bytes)
5. [TR] soldering (score: 1): Author: Dave1massey at cs.com (Dave1massey at cs.com); Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2012 10:48:54 -0500 (EST); You have received a couple of well informed replies already but let me add my technique to the list. The secret to soldering is to get the parts hot enough to melt the solder. I apply a small ammount; /html/triumphs/2012-03/msg00079.html (9,134 bytes)
6. [TR] soldering (score: 1): Author: dconnitt at fuse.net (Dave Connitt); Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2012 10:55:21 -0500; Gary, Use 63/37 resin core solder. The numbers denote the tin/lead content. You should be able to pick it up at your local radio shack. Don't use anything larger than .060 diameter. I am not sure tha; /html/triumphs/2012-03/msg00080.html (8,907 bytes)
7. [TR] soldering (score: 1): Author: aljlthomson at charter.net (Alex & Janet Thomson); Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2012 11:21:56 -0500; Here's another twist on current solder. I recently found out that electronic solder is now often a tin/copper alloy - no lead at all. Student electronic kits from Elenco have been supplied with no-le; /html/triumphs/2012-03/msg00082.html (10,174 bytes)
8. [TR] Soldering (score: 1): Author: jwalker at mainet.com (John Walker); Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2012 11:27:36 -0500; When I was installing the new Advance Auto WIre harness in TS 68368, I too had difficulty keeping good contact between terminals and the tip of the Weller gun. I found a small, gas pencil torch at th; /html/triumphs/2012-03/msg00083.html (9,928 bytes)
9. [TR] soldering (score: 1): Author: leejohn7 at gmail.com (Lee&John Howard); Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2012 09:20:56 -0800; I'm with you on that, Dave. I usually try to position a wooden carpentry clamp so that it can gently hold the wire while I apply the iron to the bullet. John Howard; /html/triumphs/2012-03/msg00085.html (10,854 bytes)
10. [TR] Soldering (score: 1): Author: 75tr6 at tr6.danielsonfamily.org (Bob Danielson); Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2012 12:29:34 -0500; I installed the AAW harness (http://tr6.danielsonfamily.org/Wire_Harness_1.htm) back in 2004 and did all the soldering with a mini butane torch. That technique works great on the AAW harness wire bec; /html/triumphs/2012-03/msg00087.html (11,806 bytes)
11. [TR] soldering (score: 1): Author: Dave1massey at cs.com (Dave1massey at cs.com); Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2012 12:55:10 -0500 (EST); Good idea. If only I had one. Even so doing it in situ doesn't lend itself to such things sometimes. Dave; /html/triumphs/2012-03/msg00092.html (8,774 bytes)
12. [TR] soldering (score: 1): Author: TR3driver at ca.rr.com (Randall); Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2012 10:25:04 -0800; Actually, I believe they are more concerned about the result of electronic devices containing lead being put in landfills; where the lead can leach into the water supply. I forget which authority it; /html/triumphs/2012-03/msg00096.html (10,059 bytes)
13. [TR] soldering (score: 1): Author: TR3driver at ca.rr.com (Randall); Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2012 10:55:28 -0800; FWIW, I find that much easier if I gently clamp the wire in the bench vise, so the bullet is resting on top of the vise jaws. That way I can rest the tip of the iron on top of the bullet, in the sli; /html/triumphs/2012-03/msg00098.html (10,022 bytes)
14. [TR] soldering (score: 1): Author: Dave1massey at cs.com (Dave1massey at cs.com); Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2012 14:22:51 -0500 (EST); When that is an option. In my case I was soldering bullets on the brake and tail light wires of the harness already installed in the car with the wires sticking out the lamp holes. I could have remov; /html/triumphs/2012-03/msg00101.html (9,633 bytes)
15. [TR] soldering (score: 1): Author: fogbro1 at comcast.net (fogbro1 at comcast.net); Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2012 19:48:26 +0000 (UTC); No one's mentioned "tinning" the wire. Doesn't anyone "tin" the wire anymore? I dip the wire in flux, "tin" it, then feed it into the hot bullet, having previously melted solder into the bullet. If o; /html/triumphs/2012-03/msg00104.html (12,064 bytes)
16. [TR] soldering (score: 1): Author: fishplate at charter.net (Jeff); Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2012 14:59:22 -0500; Clothespins work well, too; and are readily available. You can daisy-chain them if you have to...; /html/triumphs/2012-03/msg00105.html (9,118 bytes)
17. [TR] soldering (score: 1): Author: don.hiscock at gmail.com (Don Hiscock); Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2012 14:01:32 -0600; There's a school of thought that crimped connectors are better than soldered connections with respect to vibration and mechanical intergrity. Discussions over the last year or two on another forum de; /html/triumphs/2012-03/msg00106.html (9,268 bytes)
18. [TR] soldering (score: 1): Author: levilevi at comcast.net (Bud Rolofson); Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2012 13:05:42 -0700; I haven't seen sanding/buffing the surface mentioned either. Putting a "shine" on the metal you want to solder has always worked better for me than not. Solder likes shiny metal and flux. Works simil; /html/triumphs/2012-03/msg00107.html (14,590 bytes)
19. [TR] soldering (score: 1): Author: tfansher at comcast.net (THOMAS FANSHER); Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2012 15:13:41 -0500; Dave, what's a working in a vace? Or is that similar to fluif???? Inquiring minds want to know. Oh, by the way, I've got a new Red Ale for the Mitty.... hope to see you there. Tom -- Original Message; /html/triumphs/2012-03/msg00108.html (10,374 bytes)
20. [TR] Soldering (score: 1): Author: dkspence at telus.net (don spence); Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2012 13:56:05 -0700; 1: use an electrical solder such as KESTER 44 resin core. 2: Use a rosin paste flux An iron with some mass ( hot the huge one you use to solder rain gutters)is better than a gun. To do bullets, get a; /html/triumphs/2012-03/msg00110.html (11,714 bytes)

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