Paul, excellent refresher. I haven't done any modeling soldering for about 40 years and just picked up on old Suydam kit that will require lots of cleaning, flux and good heat control. I will be using my old small soldering iron that has about a 3/8 inch chisel tip. Previously I had excellent results using this electric heated iron. I have also used a Weller soldering gun with some sucess but perfer the actual chisel point iron. Appreciated your recommendation on 50-50 solder.
By the way, my experience with a tourch has been mixed. With new plumbing fittings I can always produce good solder joints. With older pipe and tubing its really a mixed bag as sometimes you just can't seem to clean up the surface good enough for a good flowing joint. I
have also had problems getting the fittings dry enough to solder, a problem you don't have to deal with in soldering models.
That was a very good general demo on soldering, Paul. It also gave me a better understanding of techniques used for soldering brass together.
Tom
https://tstage9.wixsite.com/nyc-modeling
Time...It marches on...without ever turning around to see if anyone is even keeping in step.
Not a bad video, (you certainly stress "The Solder goes where the heat flows"), but I didn't see you suggest minimum power levels for either the Soldering Iron or the Soldering Gun, to guarentee some success in soldering.
Thanks Dana,
I just submitted it along with another video that might be of interest to model railroaders
Paul
http://paulbudzik.com/
Hi Paul,
If you'd like you can also post this video on the Model Railroader User Videos page. Here's the link:
http://mrr.trains.com/community/user-videos
Thanks,
Dana Kawala
Senior editor
Model Railroader magazine
I just put a video on basic soldering for modelers. I hope you find it helpful.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBji-Oz3J7E