13 Aug
2006
13 Aug
'06
8:29 p.m.
On 8/13/2006 at 10:40 PM Roy J. Tellason wrote:
> OTOH, a technique I've picked up from a
co-worker here for nice
> faraday-cage-type enclosures (for RF-emitting/using projects) is to
> solder a box from chunks of copper-clad board. It's easy to work with
> and for stuff that small enough to fit in your hand, *very* strong.
Bob Pease is a big fan of building chassis out of copper clad PCB blanks.
Done right, it's actually pretty strong and doesn't look half bad.
Anyone remember American Beauty soldering irons--the big ones that would
really hurt you if you picked them up backwards?
I still have my old Weller 225W gun.
Musical instrumet stuff requires a torch. I use air-acetylene to do local
heating, but I know a few folks who swear by oxyacetylene rigs. The idea
is sort of the opposite of SMT--to quickly heat a small area before any
adjacent soldering melts and comes loose. Solid solder and and liquid acid
flux is the norm--more like plumbing than electronics. You learn to work
fast.
Cheers,
Chuck