Solder has a strong tendency to backmelt and pull away the old connection.
* Drew Van ZandtCam # US2010035593 (M:Agapito Acosta) * On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 12:59 PM, Greg London <[email protected]> wrote: > > 10k Ohms per cm? I didn't notice that. Not good. > > Actually, a friend just asked a very good question: > Why not use *solder* as the conductive filament? > > > > I could design with that as long as everything was slow. I'd assume you > > would try to print directly over components, or something like that. > > > > > > > > *Drew Van Zandt Cam # US2010035593 (M:Agapito Acosta) * > > > > > > On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 10:56 AM, Jon Evans <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> 10k Ohms per cm? Sounds like it would be more useful for ESD shielding > >> than drawing circuit traces, although I guess it depends on the > >> circuit... > >> > >> > >> On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 10:41 AM, Greg London > >> <[email protected]>wrote: > >> > >>> I just discovered this. > >>> > >>> conductive filament for 3d printers. > >>> "print your own circuit boards" > >>> > >>> http://www.makergeeks.com/co3dfi.html > >>> > >>> Cool idea, but if you use heat to melt the filament, > >>> I'm not sure how you can solder parts to it. > >>> > >>> conductive glue? > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Hardwarehacking mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/hardwarehacking > >>> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Hardwarehacking mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/hardwarehacking > >> > >> > > > > > -- > > >
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