Hoffman Amplifiers Tube Amplifier Forum
Amp Stuff => AmpTools/Tech Tips => Topic started by: terminalgs on August 09, 2014, 09:52:52 am
-
some cool pics of old soldering equipment. Check out the "Handmade Soldering Gun"
http://www.stevenjohnson.com/soldering/index.html (http://www.stevenjohnson.com/soldering/index.html)
(I'm not sure which forum is the best place to post this...)
-
vintage soldering iron: Just the ticket for a vintage cap can soldered to the chassis. :icon_biggrin:
-
I like very much :thumbsup:
K
-
I just used a larger, 300 Watt, version of the American Beauty to solder a tractor fuse-panel.
(http://www.stevenjohnson.com/soldering/pics/american-beauty-3158.jpg)
-
Now that's a soldering iron!
Brad :laugh:
-
How I make soldered ground connections to a Fender steel chassis:
Find a 3-4" long (or longer) 1/4-20 bolt, preferably not galvanized. If galvanized, grind off the zinc plating on the head.
Grab the bolt in a pair of vice-grips and heat up the upper 1" in a propane torch, stop below red heat.
The head of the bolt does an excellent job soldering to a Fender steel chassis.
-
> If galvanized....
You should do the initial burn-off outside in a slight breeze. Zinc fumes are not good.
> Now that's a soldering iron!
Sorry, the picture is a mere 200W, my 300W is even bigger. Here's a you-toobe of a 300W in action.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytgoT87nK_g (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytgoT87nK_g#)
I was working in the sun on a very warm day. Brutal radiation off that huge lump of heat.
-
that's a serious iron!!
solder a tractor fuse-panel.
you 've mentioned tractors.. what are we talking about? I imagined farm and utility tractors, but maybe you are talking about large combine harvesters??? or are you old school referring to trucks as a tractor as in a tractor/trailer? semi's?
-
> you 've mentioned tractors..
Enough thread drift. Go to:
http://el34world.com/Forum/index.php?topic=17421.msg174503#msg174503 (http://el34world.com/Forum/index.php?topic=17421.msg174503#msg174503)
-
Here is the majority of my soldering arsenal, from left to right:
1) American Beauty 100W
2) Hexacon 10W
3) Hexacon 60W
4) Hexacon Stedi-Heat 4422 22W
5) Hexacon TC 871 300W controller
6) Sal Ammoniac tip cleaning block
The American Beauty was a $10 hamfest find, in wonderful condition except for a badly oxidized tip. A 10 minute session with the Sal Ammoniac block brought it back to prime condition. The others came from that auction site, each for less than $20. A co-worker turned me into a Hexacon fan. The XtraDur tips last a long time.
-
I just got a Weller WTCPL, green box with holder and 48W mag-stat iron and nice-size tip.
It heats. There's a hole on the box where something is missing. I feared it was a temp adjustment so I only ran the iron 20 seconds. Turns out it is just the on/off switch, the unit is fine as long as I unplug it.
Really needs a cleaning.
The same yardsale had a 100W utility iron in the wall-mount holder, but how many irons can I need?
-
I still have the Heath soldering station I built from a kit in 1965. It works but tips are NLA. Jim