Re: [Harp-L] Re: Phosphor bronze and silver solder

[Eric Nielsen <ericbarnak@xxxxxxxxx>]

I have used this solder for jewellry making--maybe it will work well for
tuning reeds:

http://www.micromark.com/tix-solder-pkg-of-20-three-inch-sticks,6707.html

It melts at a low temperature (275 F) and contains no lead:


"Tix solder is an indium-based solder, so it contains no lead. Indium is
a soft and malleable metallic element. The “hardest soft solder” will melt
at temperatures 150 degrees lower than lead-tin solders. Furthermore, Tix
solder does not contain bismuth or silver and you can safely use it on
gold, stainless steel, silver, platinum, pewter, alnico and various other
alloys."

http://www.ehow.com/info_12174584_tix-solder-contain-lead.html

Eric

On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 11:09 PM, Robert Hale <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Larry Sandy <slyou65@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I found some Silver solder at Radio Shack that has a low melting point.
>
>
> Thanks All,
> I have been using silver solder from Radio Shack and found it
> to handle just like lead solder, so it may be a low silver, high lead
> content. And it heats easily with a wired iron, or battery iron.
>
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