Hello All

With some soldering guns you can take out the heavy gauge wire element
and replace it with a V of wire which then gives a better indication of
the position of the hot bit to what you are soldering.
 You can also make one with a coil in it to fit round, say, the central
pin on a pl259.

David think you wrote as below <[log in to unmask]
du>, Bob Tinney <[log in to unmask]> writes
>You put the clip right on the connection.  Try to use an aluminum or
>stainless steel clip as solder won't stick as easily to it.  I like the
>soldering gun technique the best, but its too big for somethings and it
>imparts too much heat to small parts while it is heating to soldering temp.
>There are some very small wire tip guns, but I have never tried these, but
>they should work just fine.
>Bob Tinney, [log in to unmask], K8LR
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "JEFFREY MICHAEL KENYON" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 8:01 PM
>Subject: Re: [Handi-Hams] soldering techniques for someone who is blind
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>Well, that sounds lkike a good idea, but how can you tell the solder has
>melted>?  I am assuming then with the clip method you move the clip to one
>end of the wire, and then of course solder on the other end of the wire or
>connector?
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>On Tue, 25 Sep 2001, Bob Tinney wrote:
>
>> I used to do a lot of building, but its been quite a while.  I do not like
>> the wrapped solder technique as it tends to form a loose solder
>connection.
>> I have soldered two wires, terminal stripts, socket pins, coax
>> connectors,and even printed circuit boards, but I must admit that the pc
>> boards are the hardest to solder do to the potential of forming solder
>> bridges on the board.
>>
>> There are two ways that have worked for me.  The first and the one that I
>> like the best is to use a soldering gun.  Put the gun tip on the
>connection
>> to be soldered.  With your other hand, touch the solder to the connection
>> next to but not touching the gun.  That way, the connection is melting the
>> solder and not the gun.  Press the gun's trigger.  As soon as solder
>melts,
>> the connection is soldered, remove the gun immediately.  Larger
>connections,
>> of course, require more solder before you remove the gun.
>>
>> The second way is for small wires and parts.  Attach a small clip to the
>> connection.  Touch the solder to the connection.  Take the hot soldering
>> iron and touch the clip and follow it down to the connection.  When solder
>> melts, the connection should be soldered.  The clip might be soldered to
>the
>> connection also and you might have to heat up the clip a little to remove
>> it.
>>
>> That's my two cents on the subject!  If you want to solder, pick parts
>that
>> are expendable and experiment.  That is how I learned as a kid.  One time
>I
>> had a high pressure capacitor blow up in my face, but since I can't see
>> anyway, even though I got some stuff in my eyes, it didn't hurt and it
>sure
>> didn't effect my vision.
>> Bob Tinney, [log in to unmask]    , K8LR
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "JEFFREY MICHAEL KENYON" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 5:54 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Handi-Hams] soldering techniques for someone who is blind
>> (fwd)
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>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 16:01:42 -0400
>> From: Scott Howell <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: JEFFREY MICHAEL KENYON <[log in to unmask]>, [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: [Handi-Hams] soldering techniques for someone who is blind
>>     (fwd)
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>>
>> I've been successful at soldering to a point. I can tell you that
>combining
>> two wires together is rather simple. I have found and this might not be
>the
>> best soldering technique, but twisting both wires and a piece of solder
>> together works well.  For attaching something to a peg if you will, you
>can
>> generally get away with wrapping the wire and solder to the peg and
>> applying heat. That works well with soldering plugs like quarter-inch or
>> 1/8th inch plugs. That's about the limit of my skills.
>>
>> good luck
>>
>>
>> At 01:55 PM 9/25/01 -0400, JEFFREY MICHAEL KENYON wrote:
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>> >---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> >Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 13:51:36 -0400
>> >From: JEFFREY MICHAEL KENYON <[log in to unmask]>
>> >Reply-To: Blind-Hams For blind ham radio operators
>> >     <[log in to unmask]>
>> >To: [log in to unmask]
>> >Subject: soldering techniques for someone who is blind
>> >
>> >Good afternoon everyone I am only wondering if there are any special
>> >techniques for soldering when you are blind?  It has been mentioned
>before
>> >but not talked about much.  If there is a technique at all oae some
>things
>> >harder to work with then others?  Any information would be appreciated,
>> >and thanks in advance.
>>

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David W Wood