The solder blob method takes a little trick, you have to sit on the end of the wire long enough for the insulation to melt (heat has to transfer to the wire). I usually just scrape with a xacto these days and then tin, I think it is cleaner and easier than solder blob. When I built my K2 I used a lighter to burn the insulation and sandpaper to clean it up. It is just as effective. Matt W8ESE
On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 11:31 AM, lstavenhagen <lstavenha...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Ok, thanks Don. > > I feel kind of guilty because seems like I should have a bunch more > questions. But I'm just not having that much trouble so far. even grounding > the crystal cans went pretty smoothly hi hi once I read all the suggestions > on how to do it (tin the cans first! Then hold the ground leads in place by > putting a spare anti-static pad leftover from the IC's under the board and > sticking them into it through the grounding holes). > > As for tinning the toroid leads, I did find that the solder blob method was > ineffective. Perhaps a 700F tip just doesn't get hot enough to melt the > insulation? Instead, I'm sanding the leads first with a bit of sandpaper to > get the stuff mostly off then tinning. This gives a very nice tin on the > wires and good solder connection on the board..... > > Is this meant to be done with an 800F or hotter tip? > > Thanks es 73, > LS > -- > View this message in context: > http://n2.nabble.com/K2-winding-T5-tp4531587p4535190.html > Sent from the [K2] mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
