RE: soldering

From: N. A. Monllor <nmonllor_at_tampabay.rr.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 12:06:39 -0400

Make sure you've got enough temperature to heat the wire with. I just made a
torque meter and had to set my iron up to 850* and hold the soldering tip to
the wire for a good 20 - 30 seconds before the wire would accept the solder.
Also don't forget to flux the wire.

Hope this helps,

Ren

 

From: Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
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Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 11:33 AM
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Subject: [Indoor_Construction] soldering

 

  

I am trying to solder a piece of .032" Dia. music wire inside a brass tube
with the same I.D. I cannot get the solder to stick to the steel wire. I
have cleaned the wire with sand paper to remove any protective coating, if
there was one. The wire is not stainless steel. I am using 96% tin/4% silver
rosin core solder. I have considered using .032" brass wire, but this is a
winding hook & I am not sure if it will hold up to the torque of winding
indoor scale motors. Any soldering suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Gary Hodson
Received on Tue Sep 25 2012 - 09:06:39 CEST