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Re: Solder bath for pcb's

4/30/2000 8:09 PM
Firefly	Re: Solder bath for pcb's Well, I'm a potter so I'm versed in heat safety. My kiln fires off at about 2400F. I'm gonna have to get my book out and look a coversion from C to F but I'm thinking its roughly 500-600F for the melting point of solder. That's pretty hot for little components. You definitely couldn't take too much time with it. The thing I'm thinking about is that on a regular basis I could have a kiln at that temperature so all I would need would be a metal container of the right size and shape to hold the solder. Heat it up, pull it out of the kiln and dip. It shouldn't take more than a couple of seconds to do a whole board. So, Where would one get supplies? I would need flux, flux free solder(do they make that?). I have all the heat resistant materials for handling the solder pot....so Lead fumes. I don't like them... Is it safe to vent lead fumes into the air outside ones living/working area? My kiln is vented this way to expell the various gasses produced when firing. They include crbon Monoxide, dioxide and some sulpher. They stink too BTW. I am not yet turned off of this since I have the heat thing covered.. Thanks, Firefly

4/30/2000 8:09 PM

Firefly

Re: Solder bath for pcb's

Well, I'm a potter so I'm versed in heat safety. My kiln fires off at about 2400F. I'm gonna have to get my book out and look a coversion from C to F but I'm thinking its roughly 500-600F for the melting point of solder. That's pretty hot for little components. You definitely couldn't take too much time with it. The thing I'm thinking about is that on a regular basis I could have a kiln at that temperature so all I would need would be a metal container of the right size and shape to hold the solder. Heat it up, pull it out of the kiln and dip. It shouldn't take more than a couple of seconds to do a whole board. So, Where would one get supplies?
I would need flux, flux free solder(do they make that?). I have all the heat resistant materials for handling the solder pot....so Lead fumes. I don't like them...

Is it safe to vent lead fumes into the air outside ones living/working area? My kiln is vented this way to expell the various gasses produced when firing. They include crbon Monoxide, dioxide and some sulpher. They stink too BTW.

I am not yet turned off of this since I have the heat thing covered..

Thanks, Firefly

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