I found the "blob" method worked very well for me. After awhile, it was just natural. The key is to have a clean solder tip in the beginning....and make sure you clean it afterwards once the "blob" has done it's job. Another key is to turn the heat up on the solder pencil to make sure you have enough heat to burn away the enamel.
I cannot repeat this enough. Cleaning is very-very-very important. I could tin the leads in less than a minute. No pots, no scrapping, no chemicals Oh yea...the rig works too. Lee - K0WA In our day and age it seems that Common Sense is in short supply. If you don't have any Common Sense - get some Common Sense and use it. If you can't find any Common Sense, ask for help from somebody who has some Common Sense. Is Common Sense devine? _______________________________________________ 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