Saw a picture of a small "candelabra" socket (RS has them) on a board and a screw-in soldering element of 40 watts with a screw-in tip (tip removed and the hole filled with solder). I drilled the threads out of the hole and it actually worked.
Sent from my iPhone ...nr4c. bill > On Apr 6, 2016, at 2:06 PM, N2TK, Tony <[email protected]> wrote: > > Is there a recommendation on small solder pots? I don't need one often, but > there are times such as stripping several wires and/or tinning wires where > it would be nice to just dip the wire into the pot to remove the insulation. > I see some online for <$30. Are they any good? > > 73, > N2TK, Tony > > -----Original Message----- > From: Elecraft [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Fred > Jensen > Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2016 1:45 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Stripping toroid leads > > Damp kitchen sponge works great. My Weller solder station has a little one > with cuts in it in the base of the holder. Whatever enamel contamination > ends up of the iron tip comes right off and the tip is shiny and bright > again. > > 73, > > Fred K6DGW > - Northern California Contest Club > - CU in the Cal QSO Party 1-2 Oct 2016 > - www.cqp.org > >> On 4/6/2016 10:29 AM, Richard Fjeld wrote: >> I try to keep a working wood-burner pencil for jobs that will ruin the >> tin on my soldering pencil. >> I often clean the trash off the leads, or pencil, by wiping them with >> a rag or cloth glove. >> >> Dick, n0ce > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message > delivered to [email protected] > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
