4. Cleaning-The removal of all oxides and surface oil from the tube end and fitting cup is crucial to allow the proper flow of solder metal into the joint. Failure to remove them can interfere ...

[Bam] from the LulzBot forums has successfully printed metal using his 3D printer and a Budaschnozzle 1.1 hot end. Well, solder to be specific — but it’s still pretty awesome! He’s making ...

The warm and rather stinky heart of any hacker’s lair is the soldering station, where the PCB meets the metal (solder). A good soldering station lets you get on with the business of building ...

An international research team has assessed the impact of soldering flux on heterojunction solar cells and has found that the composition of this component is key to prevent major cracks and ...