Re: Tinning a solid copper bar.


"eromlignod" <eromlignod@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi guys:

I'd like to tin one side of a 5/16" square copper bar so that it can
be soldered to a PCB. A soldering iron isn't doing the trick, even
with lots of flux. Any ideas?

Don


First clean it with Scotch Brite until it's, well, bright.

Then coat it with plenty of flux paste to prevent oxidation when it heats
up.

Next, heat it up. Your iron probably doesn't have enough power. A common
technique to to heat the bar on a hot plate to something below soldering
temperature, and then use the iron to "put it over the top".

And you know about the solder.


.

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