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On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 07:07:23 GMT, (Bob) wrote:

On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 23:43:23 GMT, kony wrote:

I would be afraid of burning something.

Naw, the entire drive shell is a pretty massive 'sink... all
you have to do is get the bit above the melting point of the
solder and that can even be done before it's inserted into
the screwhead.

You still have to heat the screw at least to the melting point of the
silver solder for it to stick.

Yes, but if the case is metal that shouldn't matter.
Heating and contraction (after cooling) might even help to
free it if it's stuck in a dissimilar metal case. It may
not be necessary to heat the screw though, I wasn't only
considering trying to solder the bit to the screw, but also
that if the bit with molten solder is inserted in the screw
head, the solder will still cool to the shape of the screw
head even if it doesn't adhere to it... and it was one of
the reasons I suggested silver solder (or something else
other than tin/lead) as it is tougher than std tin/lead.