Idea for an Invention

[Kris Krieger]

Hi, All,

We have glue guns, where the glue stick if fed through a heated tip.

I'm doing stained glass, and soldering is a real pain, so I was thinking, Why
isn't there a similar type of slder gun? I don't mean the ones where the
trigger merely changes the temperature, I mean something that could hold a
reasonable elngth of solder and feed it into and through the tip like a glue
gun does.

If anyone knows of such a think, could you enlighten me?, I'm searching but
all I see is the type where the trigger merely alters the temperature. And
the tips on those are all wrong.

If no such thing exists, maybe someone can invent it...?

Just my $0.02 worth...

- Kris K.

 

[Rich Webb]

On Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:03:56 -0500, Kris Krieger <me@dowmuff.in> wrote:

Hi, All,

We have glue guns, where the glue stick if fed through a heated tip.

I'm doing stained glass, and soldering is a real pain, so I was thinking, Why
isn't there a similar type of slder gun? I don't mean the ones where the
trigger merely changes the temperature, I mean something that could hold a
reasonable elngth of solder and feed it into and through the tip like a glue
gun does.

If anyone knows of such a think, could you enlighten me?, I'm searching but
all I see is the type where the trigger merely alters the temperature. And
the tips on those are all wrong.

If no such thing exists, maybe someone can invent it...?

Hit Google for a "wire feed soldering iron". Don't know if any are setup
for the heat capacity that I'd imagine you may need for glass work but
who knows?

Howard has a nice one:
<http://www.howardelectronics.com/jbc/al2500.html>

--
Rich Webb Norfolk, VA

 

[Tom Biasi]

"Kris Krieger" <me@dowmuff.in> wrote in message
news:Xns9C4066650F7DDmeadowmuffin@216.168.3.70...

Hi, All,

We have glue guns, where the glue stick if fed through a heated tip.

I'm doing stained glass, and soldering is a real pain, so I was thinking,
Why
isn't there a similar type of slder gun? I don't mean the ones where the
trigger merely changes the temperature, I mean something that could hold a
reasonable elngth of solder and feed it into and through the tip like a
glue
gun does.

If anyone knows of such a think, could you enlighten me?, I'm searching
but
all I see is the type where the trigger merely alters the temperature.
And
the tips on those are all wrong.

If no such thing exists, maybe someone can invent it...?

Just my $0.02 worth...

- Kris K.

Usually a feature in professional equipment (read expensive).
I remember when I was a kid (yea, its possible) I saw a soldering iron with
a wheel attachment and you could feed the solder with one finger.
You sound like you could get some stuff and make one. Go for it.

Tom

 

[Phil Allison]

"Kris Krieger"

We have glue guns, where the glue stick if fed through a heated tip.

I'm doing stained glass, and soldering is a real pain, so I was thinking,
Why
isn't there a similar type of slder gun? I don't mean the ones where the
trigger merely changes the temperature, I mean something that could hold a
reasonable elngth of solder and feed it into and through the tip like a
glue
gun does.

** Cos solder is simply not a glue.

Pouring molten solder onto cold metal parts will not bond them together.

" In a soldering process, heat is applied to the *parts to be joined* ,
causing the solder to melt and be drawn into the joint by capillary action
and to bond to the materials to be joined by wetting action. After the metal
cools, the resulting joints are not as strong as the base metal, but have
adequate strength, electrical conductivity, and water-tightness for many
uses. "

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soldering


...... Phil