Re: [OM] OK, I know I am inept, but.....

[Gregg Iverson]

Hi Tom,

I learned a lot about soldering while sweating copper pipe for my dad and 
late while soldering slot car frames together, but I'm not sure exactly 
what problem you are having.  Is the tab not tinning, or is the wire not 
staying attached after it and the soldier cools down?  If you are having 
touble getting the tab to tin, try wiping a hot soldier drop with a dry 
cotton cloth.  that often works.
If the wire comes off after the soldier cools, it wasn't soldiered at a 
high enough temperature.  The heat was drawn out of it too fast.  I used to 
have that problem with heavy brass frames, until I started laying them 
across my grandmother's gas stove and reducing the heat slowly after 
soldering a joint.  You shouldn't have that problem!
I wish you success.

Gregg

Tom wrote:

> The tabs on the batteries will NOT solder.  No matter what.  No way. No how.
>
> What am I doing wrong?  I'm clueless at this; haven't soldered in 25 years.
> Wasn't much good then either.
>
> I'm hesitant to heat up the tabs too much, for fear of damaging the
> batteries (which I might have already done).  I'm trying to solder together
> the batteries in the wierd 5/6/1 pattern that is required and the solder
> joint keeps breaking...and breaking...and breaking.

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