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Using an Electric Soldering Iron

Soft Soldering with an Electric Soldering Iron is commonly the method used to fuse Electronics components on to circuit boards - multi-core solder wire which incorporates a Passive Flux is used (to avoid corrosion of the copper tracks afterwards). This method can be used also for other circumstances where only small sections of materials are to be joined (e.g. when joining the ends of the copper tape used to make a Terrarium or to join together the 'H' and 'U' shaped lead Cames when creating a piece of decorative Glasswork - although section heavy Cames may be heated more easily with a copper bit Soldering Iron heated by a Gas Torch).

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A typical Soft Soldering technique using an Electric Soldering Iron is as follows:

ensure all pieces to be joined are clean, either by using Emery Cloth, Pickling, or Steel Wool,

The pieces are laid together then both Soldering Iron and multi-core Solder are brought to the joint together,

on heating, the resin (aka Rosin), Passive Flux melts out of the cored solder to cover the area and this is quickly followed by solder melting and flowing along the joint,

separate pieces may be coated with a thin layer of solder before joining together - a process known as Tinning,

if Tinned first, the separate pieces can often be brought together and simply touched with the heated Soldering Iron to fuse the two layers of solder together.

Soldering with a gas heated iron

There are tasks involving larger sections of conductive metals for which an Electric Soldering Iron might struggle to provide sufficient heat. There are also circumstances when better control can be exercised if additional heat can be applied with a Gas Torch and wet, ‘active’ Flux (e.g. Bakers Fluid) is brushed along the joint to encourage the solder to run in particular directions. In each case, the presence of main electricity is potentially dangerous and gas heated Soldering Irons are preferred. Such circumstances are commonplace when assembling components in Beaten Metalwork.

 

Using an Electric Soldering Iron

Soft Soldering with an Electric Soldering Iron is commonly the method used to fuse Electronics components on to circuit boards - multi-core solder wire which incorporates a Passive Flux is used (to avoid corrosion of the copper tracks afterwards). This method can be used also for other circumstances where only small sections of materials are to be joined (e.g. when joining the ends of the copper tape used to make a Terrarium or to join together the 'H' and 'U' shaped lead Cames when creating a piece of decorative Glasswork - although section heavy Cames may be heated more easily with a copper bit Soldering Iron heated by a Gas Torch).

SolderingElectronics3.png

A typical Soft Soldering technique using an Electric Soldering Iron is as follows:

ensure all pieces to be joined are clean, either by using Emery Cloth, Pickling, or Steel Wool,

The pieces are laid together then both Soldering Iron and multi-core Solder are brought to the joint together,

on heating, the resin (aka Rosin), Passive Flux melts out of the cored solder to cover the area and this is quickly followed by solder melting and flowing along the joint,

separate pieces may be coated with a thin layer of solder before joining together - a process known as Tinning,

if Tinned first, the separate pieces can often be brought together and simply touched with the heated Soldering Iron to fuse the two layers of solder together.

Soldering with a gas heated iron

There are tasks involving larger sections of conductive metals for which an Electric Soldering Iron might struggle to provide sufficient heat. There are also circumstances when better control can be exercised if additional heat can be applied with a Gas Torch and wet, ‘active’ Flux (e.g. Bakers Fluid) is brushed along the joint to encourage the solder to run in particular directions. In each case, the presence of main electricity is potentially dangerous and gas heated Soldering Irons are preferred. Such circumstances are commonplace when assembling components in Beaten Metalwork.

 

Using an Electric Soldering Iron

Soft Soldering with an Electric Soldering Iron is commonly the method used to fuse Electronics components on to circuit boards - multi-core solder wire which incorporates a Passive Flux is used (to avoid corrosion of the copper tracks afterwards). This method can be used also for other circumstances where only small sections of materials are to be joined (e.g. when joining the ends of the copper tape used to make a Terrarium or to join together the 'H' and 'U' shaped lead Cames when creating a piece of decorative Glasswork - although section heavy Cames may be heated more easily with a copper bit Soldering Iron heated by a Gas Torch).

SolderingElectronics3.png

A typical Soft Soldering technique using an Electric Soldering Iron is as follows:

ensure all pieces to be joined are clean, either by using Emery Cloth, Pickling, or Steel Wool,

The pieces are laid together then both Soldering Iron and multi-core Solder are brought to the joint together,

on heating, the resin (aka Rosin), Passive Flux melts out of the cored solder to cover the area and this is quickly followed by solder melting and flowing along the joint,

separate pieces may be coated with a thin layer of solder before joining together - a process known as Tinning,

if Tinned first, the separate pieces can often be brought together and simply touched with the heated Soldering Iron to fuse the two layers of solder together.

Soldering with a gas heated iron

There are tasks involving larger sections of conductive metals for which an Electric Soldering Iron might struggle to provide sufficient heat. There are also circumstances when better control can be exercised if additional heat can be applied with a Gas Torch and wet, ‘active’ Flux (e.g. Bakers Fluid) is brushed along the joint to encourage the solder to run in particular directions. In each case, the presence of main electricity is potentially dangerous and gas heated Soldering Irons are preferred. Such circumstances are commonplace when assembling components in Beaten Metalwork.

 

Using an Electric Soldering Iron

Soft Soldering with an Electric Soldering Iron is commonly the method used to fuse Electronics components on to circuit boards - multi-core solder wire which incorporates a Passive Flux is used (to avoid corrosion of the copper tracks afterwards). This method can be used also for other circumstances where only small sections of materials are to be joined (e.g. when joining the ends of the copper tape used to make a Terrarium or to join together the 'H' and 'U' shaped lead Cames when creating a piece of decorative Glasswork - although section heavy Cames may be heated more easily with a copper bit Soldering Iron heated by a Gas Torch).

SolderingElectronics3.png

A typical Soft Soldering technique using an Electric Soldering Iron is as follows:

ensure all pieces to be joined are clean, either by using Emery Cloth, Pickling, or Steel Wool,

The pieces are laid together then both Soldering Iron and multi-core Solder are brought to the joint together,

on heating, the resin (aka Rosin), Passive Flux melts out of the cored solder to cover the area and this is quickly followed by solder melting and flowing along the joint,

separate pieces may be coated with a thin layer of solder before joining together - a process known as Tinning,

if Tinned first, the separate pieces can often be brought together and simply touched with the heated Soldering Iron to fuse the two layers of solder together.

Soldering with a gas heated iron

There are tasks involving larger sections of conductive metals for which an Electric Soldering Iron might struggle to provide sufficient heat. There are also circumstances when better control can be exercised if additional heat can be applied with a Gas Torch and wet, ‘active’ Flux (e.g. Bakers Fluid) is brushed along the joint to encourage the solder to run in particular directions. In each case, the presence of main electricity is potentially dangerous and gas heated Soldering Irons are preferred. Such circumstances are commonplace when assembling components in Beaten Metalwork.