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Soldering problem
I was making another clone of my miniature sundials. On this occasion
I thought I would try a few things differently. Amongst others I decided to soft-solder the brass 0.020" foil to the steel substrate. Normally I glue them together with Goop. The soldering went smoothly (except for having to buy a bigger soldering iron). I proceeded to machine the piece in the normal way yesterday and today I put it together: http://www.flickr.com/photos/2768312...in/photostream The etching is a bit raggedy due to high current density (I was also trying a new bath) but otherwise things looked normal until I noticed the fresh rust on the inside of the ring: http://www.flickr.com/photos/2768312...in/photostream I interpret this as caused by the acid-based flux leaking onto the freshly exposed steel. This raises the question of what to do about this in future. Clealy no amount of thorough cleaning will get rid of the flux that is hidden until exposed by turning/boring. Maybe I shall go back to using rosin dissolved in alcohol as flux. Michael Koblic, Campbell River, BC |
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