Tools
Soldering Pick Cutters Tweezers Brass Brush Third Hand Small Plastic paintbrush |
Materials
Silver Solder- Hard- Flows at higher Temp- More Silver Medium- Mid Temp-equal silver/zinc ratio Easy-Flows at Lower Temp- Less Silver Brass or Copper sheet metal Copper Wire Flux Steel Wire |
Vocabulary
Solder- Alloy of Zinc and Silver Soldering- Process of joining metal pieces using heat and low melting alloy. Flux-Chemical used in soldering Firescale- Oxidized copper /Stain that happens when metal is over heated Pickle: Acid bath to remove Firescale and Flux |
Soldering
Pickling- Very Important
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Tips:How to control where solder flows.
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