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yo_tyler
Apprentice
Canada
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 Posted - Mar 07 2005 : 03:31:32 AM
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i have no idea about how a real solderpot works, but i want one. the problem is there price, so i am going to build one. here is my idea. can you tell me if this will work. thx.
-take a 3" round clay plant pot and cut it in half
-drill lots of 1mm holes all over the pot in a spiral parern into the bottom half
-now take the heater wire out of a toaster and weave it in and out of the holes, so it has a longer run between holes on the inside
-put a metal cup into the pot. the cup is the kind that sits in a stove-top egg poaching pan.
-take the top half and use it as a base for the element filled half.
-house it all in a much bigger pot to protect the exposed element wire.
will this reach the right temp, before i burn down my workbench?
"I reject to reality and substitute my own" -Adam Savage
Edited by - yo_tyler on Mar 11 2005 12:06:48 AM |
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homemade solder pot
