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Hello fellow enthusiasts,
I'm interested in some opinions following some work I carried out this weeked. I've been changing the binding posts on my SL-3's from their original ones to new models that can take banana plugs. Needless to say a binding post is a pretty big chunk of metal. Whilst I normally use a small 40W iron for component work, I have a Weller 100W soldering gun for more heavy duty work. In this case, however, I was having real problems getting the actual post upto a temperature where the solder would happily flow. I've therefore been wondering if I'd be better using a gas powered soldering iron or a temperature controlled iron with a larger desoldering bit to transfer the heat more efficiently.
As I know several of you out there have built or are building your own speakers, what are you using for soldering the speaker binding posts. I should mention I was using a 2% Silver solder which, on reflection was maybe not the best choice for this job, therefore any suggestions as to what your preferred solder would be for this kind of work would also be appreciated.
Regards and best wishes,
Dave
I'm interested in some opinions following some work I carried out this weeked. I've been changing the binding posts on my SL-3's from their original ones to new models that can take banana plugs. Needless to say a binding post is a pretty big chunk of metal. Whilst I normally use a small 40W iron for component work, I have a Weller 100W soldering gun for more heavy duty work. In this case, however, I was having real problems getting the actual post upto a temperature where the solder would happily flow. I've therefore been wondering if I'd be better using a gas powered soldering iron or a temperature controlled iron with a larger desoldering bit to transfer the heat more efficiently.
As I know several of you out there have built or are building your own speakers, what are you using for soldering the speaker binding posts. I should mention I was using a 2% Silver solder which, on reflection was maybe not the best choice for this job, therefore any suggestions as to what your preferred solder would be for this kind of work would also be appreciated.
Regards and best wishes,
Dave