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Amp Stuff => Tube Amp Building - Tweaks - Repairs => Topic started by: flora on June 05, 2010, 07:03:15 am

Title: solder diameter ?
Post by: flora on June 05, 2010, 07:03:15 am

What size solder do you guys use , .05 or .031 ?

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Post by: birt on June 05, 2010, 07:10:20 am

1mm 60/40 solder

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Post by: SLW on June 05, 2010, 07:26:45 am

I like the 0.031 stuff.  I do build a lot of small electronics (stompboxes).

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Post by: FYL on June 05, 2010, 08:02:38 am

0.8 mm for small jobs, 1 mm for general apps.

Go Metric, go!

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Post by: RicharD on June 05, 2010, 08:08:00 am

.125 acid core   :huh:

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Post by: dynaman1 on June 05, 2010, 09:16:29 am

.031 for me.

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Post by: Tiny_Daddy on June 05, 2010, 10:26:34 am

I use a lot of .062 for hand-wired and .032 for circuit boards and tinning.

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Post by: alerich on June 05, 2010, 01:37:18 pm

Kester "44" Rosin Core    60/40    .050

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Post by: Shrapnel on June 05, 2010, 01:43:10 pm

Last solder I bought was .050. I don't really like it a whole lot thicker, and in most cases prefer smaller. (.032) BUT in cases where I need more solder per joint (i.e. ptp type work) the larger is more likable, as 6-8" extended from the spool doesn't disappear in a few seconds of soldering.

My recommendation is to let the type of soldering you do suggest the diameter. (as others have indirectly suggested.)

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Post by: craneclimber on June 06, 2010, 01:27:35 am

Quote from: Butterylicious on June 05, 2010, 08:08:00 am

.125 acid core   :huh:

last time I used that I was heating the iron on an open flame  :rolleyes:

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Post by: Tiny_Daddy on June 06, 2010, 06:38:37 am

I used .125 acid core to fix a radiator in Puerto Rico. I used an Ungar 50 watt tip. The acid dissolved the tip's iron coating but the radiator worked. Some splattered in my eye past the safety glasses and hurt like hell. Nasty stuff.