Members hangwire Posted November 22, 2011 Members Share Posted November 22, 2011 Found some rosin core solder at a relatives place- but it looks thinker than my stuff at home- all good to go or is there a prefered thickness for pedal components heating and whatnot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CodeMonk Posted November 22, 2011 Members Share Posted November 22, 2011 I prefer 0.032 or 0.020 thickness.Soldering jacks I use 0.050 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hangwire Posted November 22, 2011 Author Members Share Posted November 22, 2011 Label found in bottom of toolbox seems to be from this... 63/37 .50 Ok for guitar pots and jacks but no on pedals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CodeMonk Posted November 22, 2011 Members Share Posted November 22, 2011 That will work with pedals.I just find it easier to control solder feed with the thinner stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members |\|\|\ Posted November 22, 2011 Members Share Posted November 22, 2011 i use 60/40 .031 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gunner Recall Posted November 22, 2011 Members Share Posted November 22, 2011 60/40 .032 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Reaganomics! Posted November 22, 2011 Members Share Posted November 22, 2011 It doesn't really matter what the thickness is per se. The thicker it is the more time/heat it'll take and you'll get more solder everywhere, but it'll still do the same thing. The 63/37 is the ratio of lead to tin, I believe. That has more lead than the standard 60/40 stuff so it'll melt a lot easier. I've seen people rave about 63/37 at diystompboxes.org, but I only buy solder from radioshack so I've only tried 60/40. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members echodeluxe Posted November 22, 2011 Members Share Posted November 22, 2011 Long ass post by amp_surgeon in 3 2 1...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BHz_econo Posted November 22, 2011 Members Share Posted November 22, 2011 220, 221... whatever it takes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members amp_surgeon Posted November 22, 2011 Members Share Posted November 22, 2011 Thickness is a matter of preference for the type of solder joints you'll be making. Solder joints that require a lot of solder require less feeding when using thicker solder. Personally, I find that 0.032 works well for pretty much everything pedal related, but is a little on the thin side for soldering wires to pot cans in a guitar (for example). 0.050 will work ok for most solder joints, but you might find it's a little thick if you're trying to solder a very small joint on PC board. 63/37 is called the "eutectic ratio". This alloy goes almost immediately from solid to liquid as it heats up, and from liquid to solid as it cools down. Other ratio alloys pass through a pasty phase, where they're not quite liquid and not quite solid as they heat or cool. As long as the joint doesn't move while it's cooling then 60/40 is fine. The type of flux can be important, as well. Highly activated flux (called "RA") can eat up soldering iron tips pretty quickly, and must be cleaned from the solder joint afterward as it's pretty corrosive. Mildly activated flux ("RMA") is the same, only less so. I like no-clean fluxes ("NC") wen soldering new components. It's not nearly as aggressive as activated fluxes, but it doesn't need to be if the conductors are clean and new, and it can safely be left on the solder joint after without corroding anything, though I clean it off of circuit boards anyway because it just looks better. Long ass post by amp_surgeon in 3 2 1...... If you had any idea what I just said then you would have said it yourself. Don't you have some aluminum boxes to drill? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Aaron SS Posted November 22, 2011 Members Share Posted November 22, 2011 I use .050 for cables and .031 for pedals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lolque? Posted November 22, 2011 Members Share Posted November 22, 2011 Long ass post by amp_surgeon in 3 2 1...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mhuxtable Posted November 22, 2011 Members Share Posted November 22, 2011 Long ass post by amp_surgeon in 3 2 1...... Dude you called it!! Great post by amp surgeon though....dude knows his {censored}. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Moustache_Bash Posted November 22, 2011 Members Share Posted November 22, 2011 What's up with water soluble solder? I've been using it lately because there is a fat rat's nest of it at school. I have to say I like working with it. When it melts it's more like a paste, than a liquid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members amp_surgeon Posted November 22, 2011 Members Share Posted November 22, 2011 What's up with water soluble solder? I've been using it lately because there is a fat rat's nest of it at school. I have to say I like working with it. When it melts it's more like a paste, than a liquid. It's the flux core that's water soluble. It was developed back in the 1980's when there was a strong push to get away from using fluorocarbon solvents in the electronics industry because they wreak havoc with the ozone layer. A lot of companies were getting rid of their vapor degreasers and replacing them with aqueous cleaning systems, so a flux that would dissolve in water was needed. Sounds like your school is thinking green! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members smallsnd/bigsnd Posted November 22, 2011 Members Share Posted November 22, 2011 .032 - .044 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members the.nameless Posted November 22, 2011 Members Share Posted November 22, 2011 I use the cheapest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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