Recycle scrap solder into new bars.
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- čas přidán 17. 01. 2013
- Melt down solder scraps and make new bars of solder.
This clip shows how to make simple molds for casting bars.
Don't throw scraps away,... recycle them.... :-)
Because of the potential danger,... BE MINDFUL AND CAREFUL! Best done outdoors, keep children and pets away from the task, always allow hot bars to cool before handling....
Play safe everyone.... :-)
Are you kidding me? This is awesome! Who knew? I hate waste an have been saving my scrap wondering if I could find a way to reuse. And now I know. Thanks again GLASS MASTER!
Using the bamboo is an awesome idea , I'll be stealing that one for my solder recycling thank you very much
The two pole idea is so smart, been looking for a way to make a thinner bar to work with
Love watching your videos - thank you for sharing your knowledge freely!
thanks for sharing a great video !!
Wow, thanks for this simple but definitely good idea.
Thank you for this info!
This man is a genius!! I wouldn't have thought of doing it this way in a million years.
I’ve been out of solder and needed to fix something in the middle of the night and it crossed my mind to chip some off an old circuit board and carefully lay a small piece on a wire connection and then carefully melt it into the wires. Now I know it can be done. I like to recycle anything and everything possible. I’ve thought about melting Un recyclable plastic, debri, and misc. rubbish into structural beams or panels all melted or sealed together with a good coating on the outside to keep any toxins in the panel or beam. Making molds from aluminum rods, bars, L & U channels, H & I beams could be easy or make frames with them and fill the inside with misc. rubbish all sealed in to make a panel would be sweet. The only thing wrong though is some materials have higher melting points than others which could cause some stuff to burn so a little experimenting and possible sorting of similar materials would be needed. The money saved from store bought structural materials could add up into the tens, thousands, even millions of dollars since garbage is free.
I'm genuinely impressed by the moulding. I would've never thought of using bamboo. And the flow looks en pointe!
Thanks a Million
Excellent video. Dude, you are my new hero :)
Hey Bro, thanks for the very informative video. I thought of doing something with the scrap. Yer purdy smart! Thanks again!
That's BRILLIANT!
Love how you did all that with simple, cheap tools.
This might interest you. On instructables.com there's a bloke who makes his own flux from pine sap and isopropyl alcohol (flux can be expensive). I had a brief look on that website, but couldn't quickly locate it, sorry.
I thought I saw the UK contingent using straight tallow as flux - beef fat.
I use a angle iron clamped in my vise
Dang, I never thought of recycling my scrap. Thanks
Strong tip from a strong mind.
Very nice, how simple! I am collecting used solder from my electronics work. Desoldering iron makes it quick and easy. I wonder what my results will be, as it is all mixed - normal 60/40 and garbage "lead free" solder. Thanks for sharing!
wow!
How long do you usually wait for the new bars to cool? I really like how you reuse and repurpose material, be it solder or wood for moulds.
Fucking awesome video (I am not going to excuse my 'french' here, this idea is so neat)
I have been looking around, and wondering, myself for a solution like this for about a month now (just started scrapping/hacking/reusing electronics for fun and as an hobby) and where I am living right now, it's not a "run out to the store and buy some soldering wire whenever I need it"-kind of easy for me to get all the time.
Luckely, for some reason, I have been saving my solder-scraps since I began - even if I had no idea if they were "reusable" with any kind of method or in any kind of way... And to be honest I had given up hope of finding a way to do it and was going to get rid of it all (well, it aint as much as your bucket - but still), from frustration, this very afternoon when I would clean my workshop! But, for some reason (lazy on a saturday hehe) I decited to sit down for a video or two on some 'diy ideas' not even related to soldering - which thankfully, for some 'crasy/wierd' reason, led me (FINALLY!) to your video!
The 'gods' have clearly been listening to my calls in this case! (or other forces) :)
Thank you so very much for your efford to post and share your brilliant idea with the rest of us man, I salute you!
Ha..... good on ya Jon. just remember to do it outside cos the fumes are gross, oh and wear gumboots in case you spill it on your toes! Good luck dude.... :-)
Jón Ingvar
karalnz Sure will do, thanks again man :)
maybe I'll send you an update when it comes to it!
Can you buy the sticks somewhere? I live in apartment and don't have a place outside to recycle my scrap lead. Thanks for your videos, they are great!
Hi Shelley, I buy my sticks (also referred to as bars) by the kg directly from a lead mill in Auckland. So much cheaper than coiled solder. If you hunt the hardware and plumbing supplies you may get lucky.... :-)
I bought a value pack of .8, 1., and 1.2mm solder with a plastic container with flix paste off eBay for about $10 and it’s total junk. The solder sorta melts but ends up being waxy and crumbly and not wanting to liquify into a smooth button. Is there a way to use this crappy solder still? Since then I shelled out the $20 for 2 different tubes of quality 67/33 rosin core solder and it’s perfect.
Yeah, but how do you work with such huge sticks of solder? What can you solder with that? That is definitely not for electronics! Maybe copper plumbing, but even that is too huge. It is a really great idea though. I just need to find a way to make smaller wires of solder.
He’s a leaded glass maker. You’re soldering together what are basically 6-8 mm or often bigger sticks of lead. It’s not exactly fine work, that.
@@JasperJanssen Oh, I see. That makes sense. I'm in a location with very limited supplies, so I have to recycle almost everything I have. I need it for plumbing and electrical work. I haven't tried casting thin rods yet, but it seems doable.
Great idea. Do you find any loss of quality of the solder by reusing the old scraps? I'm used to electric circuitry solder, but I know those have cores that once melted will disappear, so recycled electronics solder wouldn't work as well as the first time.
My scraps are collected from my own workings so I know exactly what's in it. Reforming this is easy and the new bars perform perfectly well for me. I can't really comment about electrical resin core solder as I don't ever use it for SG craft. In fact it is a royal pain in the ass and I avoid it totally....
Rosin core solder works great for electronics! But I don’t think it’d work very well at all for leaded glass, no. The thing about electronics is not even that you need it to have the rosin core, though, you can substitute a flux pen (and for SMD soldering, you kinda need to use extra flux), but any bars you cast won’t be anywhere close to small enough. I find 1.0 mm solder too coarse, I usually use 0.5 mm solder for my electronics. An 8mm or so bar is just not a good substitute.
What are solder bars used for? I couldn't find any information on it and Ive always wanted to know.
Stained glass, (copper foil technique)
To fill bulk solder needs. Like wave soldering machines or soldering pots. Even a small soldering pot take about a pound of solder to fill.
Preventing waste and to make some money I imagine. Recycling things like this is beautiful
Thank you but I couldn't find them when I did a search using the name you provided. I'll keep trying. But any link you could provide would be appreciated. I'm going to check eBay too. Thanks again
hello cool video, where did you get the solder scrap from? thanx
Gathered from prior soldering jobs, scraps left over a.... :-)
it just so you can reuse the solder for next time in stead of buying new solder you can just reuse it
Thankyou bud, how r u doin?
If he can do it, you can do it.
Where can one buy solder bars or rods like you were using in your video?
I buy my bars for Dominion Lead Mill, Penrose in Auckland New Zealand.
They manufacture it and you'll need to buy several Kg's from them at once....
If add some tin alloy would be better to suppress the oxygen
i think this video is cool didnt knw you could melt it down and make it into something elsed i normally just used the scaps while soldering to save money and put extra scraps to the side
some of which is in pot looks like lead not solder can you make solder strips out of them too?
There is no lead canes scrapes being melted here, only solder scrapes. I suppose if lead was to be put in the mix, it would work however you may well get unexpected results.....
Lead works fine, old solder used to be full of the stuff. Fumes are toxic tho and you would need proper ventilation. Modern solder is majority tin if im not mistaken and that can actually be added to liquid lead in diffrent quantities to make solder of diffrent properties (hardness, addesion, melting point etc).
Hopefully this doesn’t sound bad but what’s up with your wrists?
what kind of wood did you use ?
It was simply a wooden broom stick,... :-)
karalnz you mentioned bamboo ?
Jane Mareth
yes bamboo is also a great mold, just follow the demonstration Jane....
How make solder in Hindi
Recycling is good, ps Wut happened to your hand?
I don't want to offend you in any way, but what happened to your hands?
Yeah, have fun breathing in all those toxic vapors.
that is why a wise one will do it outdoors, not as "fun" but a lot safer for your lungs Mister X.
I'd suggest you stop breathing fumes mate....
Sir
Please send adress ro material which place
I do this business
Solder manufacturing in India
Not what i need