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Thread: Not hieroglyphics! just a quick way to tell silver solder types apart.

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    Default Not hieroglyphics! just a quick way to tell silver solder types apart.

    Not my idea, I think it was from one of Tim McCreight's many books,

    To quickly identify your silver solder, make a different shaped bend in each one.

    Mine has one bend (L Shape) for Extra Easy, two bends (U Shape) for Easy, three bends (square) for Medium, which just leaves Hard which is wider than the rest (6mm) and Enamelling which is thin and nearly square section anyway (1 mm x 1.5 mm)

    This picture explains it better


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    good idea!

    of course if your rolling your solder out, to make it thinner and easier to cut and work with, the origional shape of the strip becomes different, and can no longer be used as a reference.

    I use quite an advanced technique, of purchasing a metal 'writing on' scribe from cooksons (or a hardware shop) and then writing easy or hard or enam. on the strips...lol.

    Then, i go really overboard..and have plastic draws with dividers, on which i write easy med and hard etc...
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    I do the same thing Dave (also after reading Tim's book), but am now struggling about how to add three grades of argentium solder into the mix!

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    very kool!!! thank you
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    I just use a 4 big sharpie pens and colour them different colours
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    Cooksons solder always comes with masking tape holding it together. I always cut it in two leaving the masking tape on and write with a permanent marker on the masking tape.

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    I use masking tape too - wrap a little flag of it around one end, stuck back on itself and write on it with sharpie.

    I do it a lot to identify power leads and the assortment of computer related leads we accumulate, that all end up looking the same.

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    hey i like the tip , thanks.

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    Mine are in separate ziplock bags and I cut a whole load of pallions at once into different mini containers; a 1" square plastic box with lid for Hard, a dumpy round plastic one with lid (old seed bead container I think) for Medium, and one of those tiny single jam portion jars for Easy. They all sit on the 'asbestos' mat next to the soldering block in easy reach so I don't have to move far for any of them.

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    Good tip even if it is 'borrowed'
    Shows I have much to learn though as I thought one type of solder would be all you need. Easy of course....why would I need to make it difficult by using hard solder?

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