Jamie's Electrical Toolkit

Not just for Mythbusters fans:

Naturally he's an analog meter man.

Don't miss his mechanical kit (in 4 parts):

Dave.

The L in solder and salmon is silent in American English:

Where as the L in salmon is silent in both British and American English

"Lord Garth"

Since the 1970s and for a great many years afterward DSE sold this stuff:

..... Phil

Cracks me up every time! For more Yanky verbal comedy

Dave.

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.

A way around trademarking common words.

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

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.

We call those people STUPID Phil !!!!

Oh Jamie, its not exactly precision engineering, and putting vernier callipers loose in the toolbox - nasty!