A thought, try calling Kester or your local solder dist. They may be able to help. ----- Original Message ----- From: Steve Gregory To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 11:00 AM Subject: Re: [TN] Emptying wave solder pot Hi Bev! No I'm not pulling your leg. This was when I was out in California working for Comptronix (they got bought by Sanmina). I remember that I was sceptical too, molten solder in a cardboard container, but it worked. The containers scorched a bit, but they held the solder. Of course they didn't fill them very full, less than half-way up of a 1-gallon container. I've got almost 1500-lbs. I've got to empty from the pot, and I'm just trying to think of something that will make things go a little quicker. I plan to reuse most of the solder in our new machine that we're getting, along with some virgin bars. Our new wave has a 1800-lb. pot! -Steve Gregory- Steve, Are you pulling our collective leg?! Molten solder at 235C is darn close to good ole Fahrenheit 451 (good book). Yeah, yeah, I know it is cooling and is closer to 190 C, but... Or is this "can" treated with non-flammable fillers and maybe a inner metal coating? Why not just use new paint cans? Bev -----Original Message----- From: Steve Gregory [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: August 23, 2002 8:46 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] Emptying wave solder pot Hi All! In a couple of weeks, I'm going to have to empty the wave solder pot on our Treiber. In the past, I remember round cardboard containers being used to put the solder in after ladling it from the pot. Does anybody know where I can get those? Thanks! -Steve Gregory- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------