Hey Steve ; this one goes way back ,
remember when I mailed my first cold pot melting saga ?
Pulled the pot out with forklift onto car park ;
set on side with torches blowing in right distance with drum of water
underneath ?
Advantage is you have your very own trusted granules !

But that was ages ago ; being keen and hero (times changed);
and the town councils used to be much more friendly (blind) too .

You have the advantage of hot pot :
dress yourself in couple of bullhides (apron, gloves, face shield);
get yourself few sizes of SSteel soup serving spoons, bend to desires ;
(flatten the small ones in front with hammer to scoop the flat bottom);
do not use plastic water buckets !, open drum 2/3 water filled ideal,
and get on with it (pour steadily near water). Than put the pump back ; 's
it .

Not quite the original pine planks sauna , close .

Considering November up North, enjoy yourself .


paul


PS
Do not forget to switch off the 260'C HALF WAY through extraction .

And no , you should not mix validated brands ever.

-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen R. Gregory [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, 4 November 1999 6:11
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [TN] Bar Solder...


Hi ya'll!!

I'm gonna word this email very carefully, so I don't ruffle anybody's
feathers...
We're fixing to get a newer (used) wave solder machine to replace the tired
ol' Hollis we have now. The newer one is a Treiber with a 20" wide conveyer.
The guy we're getting it from asked me if I had plenty of bar solder on
hand,
because the pot holds 2200 lbs.!!! Holy-moly! Reminds me of Earl asking
about
how to empty a SEHO pot when the pot heaters went "kaput" on one of those
beasts they hold a ton of solder too...(by the way Earl, HOW did you do
that?)

But my question is; I'm gonna have to buy probably close to 1500 lbs or more
to charge the pot! Is there a problem mixing brands even though it's all
supposed to be 63/37? I have my favorite brand that I use, but it's a little
on the pricey side, and not too painful to management when I only get 250
lbs. every once inna while...

But I know someone up front is gonna crap their pants when I tell them we'll
need to buy over $4,000 of solder to fill the pot up! I know darn good and
well somebody is gonna ask if I can find some cheaper solder. I'd rather
stick with what I'm using now, it's the brand I've always used and I've
never
had any problems at all. But what if I mix brands? Tell me that I shouldn't
do that and give me some ammo...

-Steve Gregory-

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