I think this is why I said what i did about resistance soldering. I remember the urging I got from a family member and the research that Tom did lead me to believe that it really wasn't going to work for me. I apologize for not specifying "that Cold Solder thing advertised on TV: as the other resistance soldering info we've seen in the last few days is much more commercial that some Ronco product. Sorry and thanks. I may actually see if my Weller dealer has some multi-tap resistance type I may work as I am tired of the way I have to do it being applied to all things.
On Tue, 12 Dec 2006, Tom Fowle wrote: > Lenny, > the "cold heat" soldering device is what might be called a resistance > soldering > device. > > The tip is two carbon pointed thingies with a small gap between them. > You put them against the joint so as to get a good contact and the current > from a batch of AA cells flows through work and it gets hot. > > It is quite difficult to get a good connection. > there is an LED on the thing which is supposed to tell you > when you've got a good connection but reading this with a light probe > would take too many hands. > > It isn't an entirely bad idea, but should never be used on any solid state > electronics as the sparks you will surely get while arranging a good contact > will cause static discharges that will probably distroy any sensative > electronics. > > We have one here and tried it and we're pretty experienced solderers > and we didn't think much of it. > > I doubt it'd handle anything bigger than maybe number 18 AWG wire even if it > worked. > > My sighted wife who is very good with a soldering iron, tried it > and had also nothing good to say about it. > > Might work for some folks but I'd not spend the money. > > A medium pencil iron with a good stand which won't > allow it to slip out is a good starter. > > Guns are also a pain for different reasons, > > Read our soldering series in the Smith-Kettlewell > Technical File at: > http://www.ski.org/rerc/sktf > > Tom > > To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
