[CAUT] monkey hanger

[David Ilvedson]

I don't have a 500 watt soldering iron so I'm going with the torch...

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044

----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "Keith Roberts" <keithspiano at gmail.com>
To: caut at ptg.org
Received: 7/30/2009 3:06:33 PM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] monkey hanger


>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
>>
>>
>>
>>