Richard:
I think I know the answer to this question.  I remember Werner's reply to me
a few months back.  Everyone read this to make sure I get it right.

When you mix the metals together, gold, tin, lead, etc., the resultant
temperature to melt the metals to the liquidous state, combined together,
becomes lower, depending on the metals you are working with.  The
temperature of the solder in the pot should remain at, 480-500 "F", just for
sake of argument since different folks used different temperatures for their
application.

Ok, is this even close to the right answer?

Ron H

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