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Solder bath for pcb's

4/30/2000 12:00 PM
Firefly	Solder bath for pcb's I'm interested in making a solder bath for pcb's. The first question I have is What temp does 60/40 rosin type solder melt at? I don't really have any way to take the temp of my soldering iron so maybe I can get the info here. Next, Has anyone done this? I know this is the way pdb's are done in industry but they have cool machines and lots of research $$ to figure it out. I'd like to follow a tried and true example if possible. Thanks one and all, Firefly

4/30/2000 12:00 PM

Firefly

Solder bath for pcb's

I'm interested in making a solder bath for pcb's. The first question I have is What temp does 60/40 rosin type solder melt at? I don't really have any way to take the temp of my soldering iron so maybe I can get the info here.
Next, Has anyone done this? I know this is the way pdb's are done in industry but they have cool machines and lots of research $$ to figure it out. I'd like to follow a tried and true example if possible.

Thanks one and all, Firefly

Replies:

Stuart I don't want to appear too negative... -- 4/30/2000 2:47 PM
Don Symes Then, there are the safety implicat... -- 4/30/2000 4:49 PM
R.G. For all the reasons already noted, ... -- 5/1/2000 1:42 PM