>a $40 roll of thin gauge solder (which will last the rest of your life)
I dunno, I'm 56 and I'm about to finish the roll I bought as a teenager. (Albeit bought in pre-RoHS times.)
I dunno, I'm 56 and I'm about to finish the roll I bought as a teenager. (Albeit bought in pre-RoHS times.)
I do remember my first pound lasted about 15 years though...
Yeah. Old high lead content solder is way nicer to solder with than modern stuff.
For any other Navy nukes, I wanted to link to a good reference on what ETMS is (was?) but couldn’t readily find anything. If anyone has a reputable link to publicly available course material on their solder grading rubrics or the 7-step, I’d be interested.
"THROUGH-HOLE SOLDERING GENERAL REQUIREMENTS"
https://workmanship.nasa.gov/lib/insp/2%20books/links/sectio...
This one might be relevant too (but it's too long for me to read through right now to confirm):
"Military Standard - Standard requirements for soldered electrical and electronic assemblies (1989)"
https://electromet.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Electromet...
edit: if you’re ^soldering *Nuke* stuff underway, it’s because things have hit the fan, and that’s the whole point of ETMS. Other rates also solder underway and might also use (did use) lead, and perhaps none of our inhalation was warranted.