Needle type. And dont Americans have an L He does a lot of soddering with sodder (he is not the only American that seems to sodder sometimes they go goffing and play goff)
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Jamie's Electrical Toolkit
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Not just for Mythbusters fans:
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Naturally he's an analog meter man.
Don't miss his mechanical kit (in 4 parts):
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Dave.
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The L in solder and salmon is silent in American English:
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Where as the L in salmon is silent in both British and American English
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"Lord Garth"
** Sometimes Yanks leave out the "L" altogether when spelling "solder".Since the 1970s and for a great many years afterward DSE sold this stuff:
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..... Phil
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Cracks me up every time! For more Yanky verbal comedy
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Dave.
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It's still probably the best known "solder wick" brand. Soder-Wick is now a registered trade mark. It makes you wonder if the spelling was intentional (a joke?, or a way to differentiate?), or just a genuine spelling mistake at the time?
Dave.
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A way around trademarking common words.
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What I can't work out is why Chemtronics make Soder-Wick and Chem-Wick when there is little difference in price point and Soder-Wick works a lot better.
James
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I prefer the wet wick method. Dip the end of some small copper braid into Kester RMA flux and apply the hot soldering iron. The dry wick all has a problem of the flux breaking off the braid as it is handled.
One thing that helps is to leave about 1/16" of the used wick when you trim it. That allows you to transfer the heat to the joint faster, yet wick away the old solder.
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We call those people STUPID Phil !!!!
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Oh Jamie, its not exactly precision engineering, and putting vernier callipers loose in the toolbox - nasty!