[sdiy] DIY PCBs

[patchell]

    You can get "no lead" solders now.  Seems like somebody I talked to said
they don't  wet quite as well.

    I would like to know what alloy they are using.  Most of the metals that
have low melting point, well heck, most metals, are poisonous.  Getting rid of
lead right now seems to be only politically correct.  Will the metal that is
substituted be any better?

Happy Harry wrote:

> Well... since someone brought up the "L" word...
>
> what about LEAD ???   It IS going to go away...
> maybe sooner - for sure later.
>
> What do we do then ?
>
> I'll buy a couple of rolls and keep going... unless
> there is an equivalent method... then I'll use that
> instead.
>
> H^)  harry
>
> >From: René Schmitz <uzs159 at uni-bonn.de>
> >To: "Colin Fraser" <colinf at ntlworld.com>, <harrybissell at prodigy.net>,
> ><synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
> >Subject: RE: [sdiy] DIY PCBs
> >Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 21:03:23 +0200
> >
> >At 19:14 25.07.01 +0100, Colin Fraser wrote:
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: Happy Harry [mailto:paia2720 at hotmail.com]
> > >> Sent: 25 July 2001 18:44
> > >> To: colinf at ntlworld.com; chris at scp.de; synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> > >> Subject: RE: [sdiy] DIY PCBs
> > >>
> > >> There should have been a smiley face at the end of
> > >> "get someone else to do it..."   (IMHO)   ;^P
> > >
> > >I got you to do it for me, Harry...
> > >;-)
> > >
> > >> Its likely that a "buy it elsewhere" approach is
> > >> right for more people... especially as advice to
> > >> those new to the "DIY" hobby.
> > >
> > >Maybe...
> > >Where do you draw the line tho' ?
> > >'Don't mess with that toxic lead solder, son. Just save up and buy a
> >synth'
> > >
> >Hi all!
> >
> >The question for those newbies then would probably be where to get the
> >funds for a commercial PCB package?! Not everyone can do it where they
> >work.... The cheap "trial" versions sometimes can't even do Gerber, some
> >non-commercial programs are designed for the home etchant.
> >One could argue you could buy the synth directly from that money instead.
> >
> >I'm with Colin here.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >  René
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >--
> >uzs159 at uni-bonn.de
> >http://www.uni-bonn.de/~uzs159
> >
> >
> >
>
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