On Sat, 07 Apr 2007 02:39:22 +1000, Lionel
wrote:

On Fri, 06 Apr 2007 08:58:00 -0500, John Fields
wrote:

On Fri, 06 Apr 2007 21:55:50 +1000, Lionel
wrote:

On Fri, 06 Apr 2007 06:47:20 -0500, John Fields
wrote:

On Fri, 06 Apr 2007 11:53:04 +1000, Lionel
wrote:

On Thu, 05 Apr 2007 09:06:01 -0500, John Fields
wrote:

You really should use the tin-lead eutectic and a lower-temperature
tip.

It's all bog standard soldering equipment. People have been using
identical setups for prototyping & rework for decades. And it figures
that TinyDong is the kind of incompetant ****** who'd think that
people can't do reliable work without some overpriced station covered
in bells & whistles.

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But you sidestepped the issue of the tin-lead eutectic

What do you think 60/40 is, Mr "Professional"?

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It ain't eutectic, grasshopper. He

http://www.kester.com/en-US/technica...KnowledgeID=29

and:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eutectic_point

and the lower
temperature tip.

Which is relevant because...?

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Using the eutectic alloy Sn63Pb37, with a lower melting point than
Sn60Pb40, allows a lower temperature iron or process to be used
with the attendant lower heat stress being placed on the components.

That's a good thing.

I'm sure that people without 30 years of soldering experience would
find such solder much easier to use. I manage just fine with 60/40.

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If you've got 30 years of soldering experience and you have no
experience with Sn63, then your argument is akin to that of some
yokel who denigrates Corvettes because he's been driving Chevy
pickups all his life and "they work just fine."

Try it sometime if you want your commentary to be informed instead
of just being bluster, Mister.


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JF