06-15-2006, 07:35 PM
Hmmm, speaking of flux and getting the solder to stick, you realy realy have to clean your materials. Any fingerprints or dust will make whatever metal you are working with oxidize realy fast and then nothing sticks. I learnt this the hard way when i was trying to fix something. Also you are soldering to metal you have to heat the metal a lot more than you would think or else your solder is just sitting on top of it and isent strong at all.
Thats all the tips i can think of about soldering, you might get along ok with a heavy grit sand paper and a palm sander for cleaning up your edges. Youll probaly want to use a clamp to hold it though so you keep all your fingers where they are instead of on the floor.
Its fun to mess around things that you dont know about and just experiment. Keep up the good work.
Thats all the tips i can think of about soldering, you might get along ok with a heavy grit sand paper and a palm sander for cleaning up your edges. Youll probaly want to use a clamp to hold it though so you keep all your fingers where they are instead of on the floor.
Its fun to mess around things that you dont know about and just experiment. Keep up the good work.