I'm not too sure how soldering started in Electronics, but I know it was used long before electronics as a method to create Stained Glass windows or to assemble sweated copper pipes. Applying Tin/lead to copper foil along the edges of the pieces of glass is commonly used today in making the popular colored glass windows and lamp shades... I know, because my wife does that. Interesting project Steve... it should be fun. This should take you back to the time of Alexander Graham Bell and his cohorts... at the very least... Bill Brooks PCB Design Engineer , C.I.D., C.I.I. Tel: (760)597-1500 Ext 3772 Fax: (760)597-1510 http://pcbwizards.com -----Original Message----- From: Steve Gregory [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 8:54 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] History of Soldering Links Hi All! I'm going to write a small article about the history of soldering, and how it's evolved to what it is today. I've done a couple of searchs with Google amd Wisenut, and suprisingly, turned up few links. I'm going to keep looking, but I thought I'd ask this fine group if any of you have any good links to share about the history of soldering? Thanks a bunch! -Steve Gregory- --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a 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/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ----------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a 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/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 -----------------------------------------------------