Is a soldering iron my best bet?

I am planning a piece of art which will be made mostly of copper-plated mild steel welding rods (1.6mm dia.) laid out in a grid-style pattern with other bits of copper attached to it in random fashion. Before I dash out and buy a soldering iron I just wanted to ask if this is the best solution for what I want to achieve. The piece will be wall-hung, so it will not need to carry significant weight. If anyone can advise I’d be grateful.

Regards

Dunc Z

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4 Responses to “Is a soldering iron my best bet?”

z_e_u_s1969 on April 4th, 2010 at 5:44 pm

I would go with a soldering Iron but make sure it is atleast a 30w
khansaab on April 4th, 2010 at 5:44 pm

For a light weight wall hang solder iron is the best bet.
Bill WA6OHP on April 5th, 2010 at 5:27 am

I am not sure what size your metal rods are so it would be hard to determine how heat dissipation you will have. For that type of work a solder gun usually works very well but if the rods are very light weight a soldering iron should work. Reading your description it sounds like there will not be the need for great tinsel strength so 60/40 solder should do the job nicely. A little solder paste type of flux works well for that type of application (I do not normally recommended solder paste for electronic soldering.)

Have fun because it does sound like a fun project.
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