"Don's" - I was surprised recently as well when using my Weller 100/140 gun to reattach the power switch leads on my L-4B....the gun just wouldn't get hot enough to make a good solder joint. For grins I fired up my Weller soldering station and popped one of the larger size tips in, set it for 700 degrees and that smaller tip made quick work of those connections....I didn't think that thing had enough "umphh" but it sure did.
Moral of the story...don't underestimate your bench soldering station for generating sufficient heat to make those larger connections....I think that tip would do just fine under a Drake chassis for refitting caps. BTW, I bought up a whole set of Hayseed kits for all the Drake gear laying around here....now all I have to do is find time to get them onto the bench for their surgery! Dino KL0S On Mar272011, at 2237 PM, Don Cunningham wrote: > Don, > I couldn't get my 100/140 gun to do much more than move the solder around a > bit on the chassis. I had the same trouble on my outside antenna wires, so I > treated myself to a new 200/260 Weller, and it WILL do the job, hi. Others > recommend the huge irons, but I went the bigger gun route as I didn't think > the huge iron would easily handle the antenna wiring. It sure makes a lot > better connections on my wire antennas, and gets PL-259's hot enough quickly > to solder the shields. The only advice I might offer using the smaller > Weller might be to "break" the old can off the tabs, making a little less > heat sink??? I'm not sure how that would work, but might be worth a try. > Good luck!! > 73, > Don, WB5HAK
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