Take one of those pink erasers split one end with razor blade [sharp knife] drag leads of part through it helps clean up & helps solder flow 73 Chuck AA8VS
"Fred (FL)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: __________ >When I built my K2 spring 06 - and soldered along, day >and night after night. I always made sure to have >my soldering tip set a high enough temperature, and >tried as best I could to get very good solder flow >with my Kester solder - both onto the component lead, >and the PCB's pad and "hole". > >The "hole" and Elecraft's 2-sided PCB's always puzzled >me a bit - as I was never sure if there were pads, >plated-thru hole, and lower pads - every time. In >other words when I soldered a component on the top >side of the RF Board - and got a great solder flow - >was I supposed to look to see if there was a pad >and "great flow" on the bottom side too? > >OR DOES THE PLATED-THRU HOLE, TAKE CARE OF THAT? > >Apparently I must have figured right - none of my >solder connections ever gave any trouble, and K2 >checked out right, after every section build! >Probably lucky. > >"Solder Flow" - with lead based solder, and its tin >content, etc. - reminds me of my first career in the >newspaper field. I was one of those rare birds who >fixed linotype hot-metal typecasting machines for 10 >years. In those days there were magic crayon-like >sticks we threw into the metal pot, and daily skimming >of the dross that built up on the top layer of the >pot's liquid lead/tin/antimony metal mixture. >Temperature was critical then, to ensure razor sharp >newspaper type letters on the top of each ejected >"line of type" that came out of those black beauty >machines. I think I could still fix one of them >in my sleep. Our daily newspaper in Buffalo, had >49 machines - for 5 editions a day. By the by, >linotype metal supposedly the best for casting >pistol bullets. Extra hard. > >Kept a guy out of trouble ..... > >Fred >FL > > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >http://mail.yahoo.com >_______________________________________________ >Elecraft mailing list >Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >You must be a subscriber to post to the list. >Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > >Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm >Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com >. _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
