Re: solder gauge?



In article <prestwhich-72BEFB.10065130062007@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Smitty Two <prestwhich@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I work in manufacturing, not repair, and keep the human robots supplied
with .015, .020, .025, .031, .040, and .050 diameter solder. The range
of things we work on makes having a broad selection helpful. But I
wonder what repair techs use most frequently? (If I could only have one
size, I'd go with the .025 I think.) Also I assume you guys on the other
side of the ditch are using metric sizes?

Yes. My home made dispenser has 1.2, 0.9, 0.7, 0.5mm and 0.9 is the most
used one. But I do little SM stuff.

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