About soldering to the back of pots.

[pzaxtl]

Re: About soldering to the back of pots.

Ok, I want to make sure I understand you. You said melt a blob of solder onto the back of the pot. So then if I read you correctly by the other part of your post that means your not melting that solder blob by heating the back of the pot. Is this correct?
Thank you.

No, you have to heat the back of the pot to get the solder to stick, but since you're not heating the pot, wire, solder all at the same time, the iron stays on the pot for less time which results in less heat migrating toward the innards of the pot. Having a hotter iron helps, too. Let the pot cool a minute or two, then place you're tinned wires directly on the solder blob. Apply the iron just long enough to melt the solder and pull it away.

 

[jalguitarman]

Re: About soldering to the back of pots.

No, you have to heat the back of the pot to get the solder to stick, but since you're not heating the pot, wire, solder all at the same time, the iron stays on the pot for less time which results in less heat migrating toward the innards of the pot. Having a hotter iron helps, too. Let the pot cool a minute or two, then place you're tinned wires directly on the solder blob. Apply the iron just long enough to melt the solder and pull it away.

OK, that makes sense. I just wanted to make sure I understood you. Do you think turning my soldering station all the way up to 850 is too hot?

 

[jalguitarman]

Re: About soldering to the back of pots.

After trying other methods and suggestions this is also the way I do it. No cold joints come of it either. In fact this is how Seymour himself does it.

I wish Seymour had
a tutorial thatwasn't a video download as my dial up connection is slower than anything.