On Tuesday evening, our local San Jacinto Model RR Club had a clinic on
soldering. The presenter introduced me to a couple of new solutions.
He uses a liquid flux and solder paste for much of his work. I've
always had less than stellar result with solder paste but I'm going to
try again. His last segment was soldering the leads on surface mount
LED's. Obviously you have to use a tiny iron and magnifiers to make it
work. It's considerably cheaper to solder your own leads providing you
an actually see to do the work! Another thing the presenter showed was
a very long 1/16" drill bit about 6" long that he uses to run his rail
jumpers--I didn't know they made them that long.
In a prior time I spoke with Jim Hinds who owns Richmond Controls that
many of us are familiar with. He once told me he uses acid core solder
for his electronic work, but you have to be super careful to clean
thoroughly.
Bob Werre
BobWphoto.com
>
> All --
>
> Foir both rosin and acid flux, I use laquer thinner for
> cleanup,followed by warm
> detergent solution and then clear water, before painting. Never had a
> problem
> with this method.
>
> Dick Karnes
>
>
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