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- ############################################################## TechNet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ############################################################## To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TECHNET <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TECHNET ############################################################## Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information. If you need assistance - contact Gayatri Sardeshpande at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5365 ############################################################## ############################################################## TechNet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ############################################################## To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TECHNET <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TECHNET ############################################################## Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information. If you need assistance - contact Gayatri Sardeshpande at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5365 ##############################################################