Homebrew PCBs

The top quality soldering tool manufacturers all call their drag
soldering tips a different name.
Metcal calls it mini hoof, Ersa calls it power well, I'm sure there are others.

The basic idea is always that the iron tip contains a concave solder
reservoir which allows better drag soldering than a standard iron tip.
The special tips make it easier to create the right amount of fillet
without any shorts, but with some skill even a pencilpoint tip can be
used for drag soldering with no cleanup needed.

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On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 1:54 PM, William Laakkonen
<worldradiolabs@...> wrote:
> New one for me Leon- I've never heard of Metacal or mini hoof. Here in the
> states 'Metacal" is a dog food brand (but then again, my dog's name is a
> butter brand in Finland). Can you perhaps give us this suggestion with
> generic names? E.G. Cyanoacrylate vs. Super Glue.
>
> 73 Bill N4BKT
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