Homebrew PCBs

Stuart,

Almost agreed. But it is good to take a tour of other options before
settling on one. Dragging a molten solder saturated piece of copper braid
across the tracks sounds best to me right now. Fast and relatively safe.

Rick

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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] No HASL

In article <000701cdf18b$dd723510$98569f30$@com>,
   Rick Sparber <rgsparber@...> wrote:
> But how do I take the solder I have on hand and grind it up to make 
> this kind of flux+solder paste?

Well it seems to me that solder would be far too soft and malleable to grind
it, though you could probably beat into a thin sheet - think gold leaf.

You could try filing it but I suspect it would quickly clog your file.

You could devise an arrangement where you melt it and force it through a
fine spray nozzle, spraying onto a water bath but quite frankly I would
prefer to remain a long way away from anywhere such operations were taking
place.

Stick to dragging the solder across the tracks with your soldering iron,
it's what I've been doing for years. It may not be perfect but it works.

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Stuart Winsor

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