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How would McGuyver make a soldering rod for two spots? - Dennis S - 07-10-2010
I need to solder a capacitor back onto the motherboard of my G4 - 2 spots. I have a cheap soldering rod, but I can't find it, and I don't want to buy another one. How can I get those 2 spots soldered with household stuff?
Re: How would McGuyver make a soldering rod for two spots? - N-OS X-tasy! - 07-10-2010
Do you really want to dick around with your G4 motherboard like that?
Re: How would McGuyver make a soldering rod for two spots? - Filliam H. Muffman - 07-10-2010
You cut up a penny so it is triangular. Heat it up on the stove and measure it with your infra red thermometer and stick a dab of solder on it. When the solder solidifies, you know the melting temp. Now heat it up about 50 F more than that and use the triangular point to solder the caps back on.
Re: How would McGuyver make a soldering rod for two spots? - JoeH - 07-10-2010
Filliam H. Muffman wrote:
You cut up a penny so it is triangular. Heat it up on the stove and measure it with your infra red thermometer and stick a dab of solder on it. When the solder solidifies, you know the melting temp. Now heat it up about 50 F more than that and use the triangular point to solder the caps back on.
But first make certain to use an old copper cent. The new ones are just a copper layer over a tin core and melt at about the same temperature as solder.
Re: How would McGuyver make a soldering rod for two spots? - OWC Jamie - 07-10-2010
brillo pad is conductive
Re: How would McGuyver make a soldering rod for two spots? - haikuman - 07-10-2010
McGuyver would just use chewing gum and the foil wrapper... everyone knows that ... *(:>*
Re: How would McGuyver make a soldering rod for two spots? - bazookaman - 07-10-2010
Re: How would McGuyver make a soldering rod for two spots? - space-time - 07-10-2010
laser spot welding
wait, you don't have a laser???
Re: How would McGuyver make a soldering rod for two spots? - N-OS X-tasy! - 07-10-2010
JoeH wrote:
But first make certain to use an old copper cent. The new ones are just a copper layer over a tin core and melt at about the same temperature as solder.
Zinc, not tin.
Re: How would McGuyver make a soldering rod for two spots? - BernDog - 07-10-2010
Dennis S wrote:
I need to solder a capacitor back onto the motherboard of my G4 - 2 spots. I have a cheap soldering rod, but I can't find it, and I don't want to buy another one. How can I get those 2 spots soldered with household stuff?
I think MacGyver would probably either suck it up and go buy one for 8 bucks, or ask to borrow his neighbor's. He wouldn't dick around with MacGyver tricks just to save money and potentially fry his computer.
Now if this were needed to defuse a bomb in 30 seconds, I can't help. I'm not MacGyver.