On 07/13/2011 10:32 PM, Tim Wescott wrote:


There's three things you need to make sure of before you try to solder
something (or braze, for that matter).

It needs to be clean.

And it needs to be clean.

And, when you get that done, it needs to be clean.

Making sure it's clean doesn't hurt, either.


"Tin" the steel with solder, all by itself.

Insert brass/copper fitting.

Heat assembled connection and solder it together.


Plus, what Tim said.





technomaNge
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Learning to ignore things is one of the great paths to inner peace.
-- Robert J. Sawyer

With that in mind, I'd like to thank all those assholes in my killfile.