[CAUT] monkey hanger

[Keith Roberts]

I have one of those 500watt Weller soldering irons that was left over from
my electronic building days and the one rod I fixed was in Mr Erwins shop.
Strangely, he had the same Weller I have.

Fred, That is the best description of soldering I have seen from a piano
tech. Heat the metal. Beautiful. Logically then, the larger piece of metal
will require the majority of the heat to reach the temperature needed to
melt the solder. I like using a rosen core electric solder because sometimes
you do need flux and it comes in the solder. The size of the solder is small
too so you don't cool the joint when you add solder. Cold joints crack.

Keith Roberts


On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 2:46 PM, Fred Sturm <fssturm at unm.edu> wrote:

>
> On Jul 30, 2009, at 3:23 PM, Jeff Tanner wrote:
>
> Seriously, I couldn't get the wire to stay in place while I tried to heat
>> the solder
>>
>
>
>        Probably because it had got bent out of alignment (the bends not
> exactly 90 degree). Adjust the bends as needed, and it will sit there very
> nicely. Also, don't heat the solder, heat the metal. Then flow the solder
> into the joint (the metal should be hot enough that the solder will melt on
> contact and flow). Heat the solder, and it will bead off and drop on the
> floor.
>
> Regards,
> Fred Sturm
> University of New Mexico
> fssturm at unm.edu
> "I am only interested in music that is better than it can be played."
> Schnabel
>
>
>
>
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