[sdiy] solder questions

[KHeck73 at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/9/2004 1:28:34 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
WeAreAs1 at aol.com writes:
cross-section view of the amazing five rosin core veins in the end of the 
snake.  I wonder, now as I did then -- how the heck do they make that stuff, 
anyway?

Michael Bacich
I suspect it was made by an extrusion process, not unlike the way striped 
toothpaste comes out of a tube. The trick would be in having a die setup 
constructed to get the flux and solder to flow together simultaneously into the 
multi-core pattern at a relatively large diameter. Then, a narrowing die would 
reduce it to the final diameter, keeping the proportions the same.  

I used to have a Weller gun with the light bulb in it, until a roomate stole 
it. Two power levels (40 and 60W?), depending on how hard you pulled the 
trigger. Came with a little wrench to tighten the nuts holding on the tip. 

-Karl.

PS. I posted a message about Florida and hurricanes a couple nights ago, and 
later thought it insensitive. I hope everyone in Florida is OK, and watch out 
for this new bad-boy, Ivan.
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