YuvalS’s Hand Made Class, 12th Annual BLF/OL contest entry topic

oh smart, it probably wouldnt stick to the metal threads and the screw could be cooled water

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Yeah, it should work. Its relatively easy to get solder to stick to copper.

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The silver color of solder will stick out like a sore thumb though against the warm copper color.

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Solder paste can be applied evenly and in minimal amounts. YuvalS double wrap strategy should hide it well. Without the double wrap I still think it could look good, the uniformity of the solder application mattering the most, aesthetically.

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Last year I have tried soldering. The problem is thar the screw is a huge heatsink and absorbing all the heat so I am not able to solder the wire while it is wrapped on the screw.

I am also can not add glue on the inside since:

  1. I first ha e to remove it from the screw
  2. The scew need to fit inside the wire wrapping to enable battery replacement.

For the 2nd try I have added lubrication. First I had to remove all the Epoxy from the wires, then I renewed the Teflon tape and sprayed it with WD40.

I have also changed the glue for a bit more flexible gorilla glue so it will not break so easily while unscrewing.

I will not let you wait and tell you that it broke apart just like on the previous tries :frowning:

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to solder it could you not use a stove/blowtorch to get the screw and copper super hot and melt the solder on instead of a iron

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I feel your pain YuvalS! :face_with_spiral_eyes:

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This is after the stove

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