Two irons. Four kinds of solder.
Those Radio Shack pencils are dirt cheap but they somehow selfdestruct when
left in the bottom of a banker's box for 3 or 4 years,
unused. I have one 15 watt pencil now. If I had a real justification I'd love
to get a real Weller solder station cause they're
hotter yet have a smaller tip. Far too much money for my use though.
The other's a plumber's "soldering gun" I bought for speaker terminals. It's
awkward as all heck. It came with acid-core solder
for plumbing and a thick rope of radio solder.
I've always had a thin braid of radio solder around.
I found that Radio Shack sells "silver-rich" solder but they don't claim it
sounds better. They say it's recommended for terminals
'cause it's physically stronger. I'll bet the audiophiles assumed it sounds
better cause it costs more. Did I buy it anyway?
Well, yeah, of course. We're all perfectionists here, right?
What else? Pro-grade strippers in several sizes from Home Depot, not the mail
order electronic houses! Two solder suckers because
the cheap ones were false economy. I want to get some of those old-fashioned
de-soldering webbed braids though cause they help in
tight spaces.
Lama
From: "Walt Wayman" <hiwayman@xxxxxxxxx>
> How could any red-blooded American NOT have a soldering iron and
> at least three kinds of solder? Somewhere, I've got some high-
> priced silver solder that's supposed to perform miracles when used
> for hi-fi gear connections. Then there's the stuff for copper
> pipe.
>
> Counting the propane torch, I've got five or six devices of
> various power with which to solder stuff together. And I bet I
> could find at least two of 'em in less than an hour. Finding the
> solder may take longer.
>
> Walt
>
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From: "Timpe, Jim" <Jim.Timpe@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 09:47:43 -0700
>
> >I've got two or three. Big Weller 'welder' and a couple pencil
> >sticks.
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Bill Pearce
> >
> >
> >"Does everyone have a soldering iron at home in US?"
> >
> >
> >Bill Pearce
> >
> >But seriously, CH, I have three. I think, however, the average
> >American doesn't have one.
> >
>
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