"William Sommerwerck" wrote in message
. ..
Add to this that my eyes are not as
good as they were 20 years ago (even 5 years ago...) and that *all*
lead-free joints *look* bad with their dull crystalline surface, and I
would
have to agree that now, bad joints are likely to turn a job from a
one-coffee money spinner, to a pot-of-coffee frustrating money loser ...

What would happen if service technicians got together and agreed to refuse
to service equipment made with lead-free solder?



They'd go out of business.

Pretty much everything made now is lead free, refuse to service it, and it
simply encourages people to do what they're already doing in droves, throw
it out and buy a new one.