[sdiy] I must be really strong, cuz I've lifted so manypads!

[James Patchell]

Harry must of read my mind and determined that I forgot to say 
something...yeah, listen to your uncle Harry...also, keep that soldering 
iron tip clean...a clean tip helps transfer the heat even quicker.  I clean 
mine about once for every 10 connections soldered when I am building PC 
boards...It really speeds things along.

At 10:59 PM 9/6/2004 -0700, harrybissell wrote:
>yeah... what Jim said and...
>
>You can use too SMALL of a soldering iron. A lot of Old Timers
>(Bob Pease et al) use a 40W iron...and solder for a very short
>time. It gets the area of interest hot, fast... with little heat affected
>zone (as we say in the welding biz).
>
>H^) harry

         -Jim
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