Staged Soldering

by Keith Robinson
(Cottingham, UK)

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Hello Sue,

I am leading up a door panel that has three seperate sections and I would like to lead up one third and then solder it. Add the next third and solder that finishing off with the last third. This way I can control the construction and any unnoticed movement of the glass or came. can you foresee any flaws with my suggestion?

Thanks
Keith

Answer

Hi Keith,

The only flaw in your suggestion is that you are taking an awfully long way around to get a panel made, as well as runing into problems keeping the 2 sides symetrical. You're making hard work out of something that should be fairly easy.

If you build your panel per my instuctions on the Lead Tutorial, it would go together accurately, faster and easier. However, since you have already constructed the center part, you'll have to continue adding each side separately.

We have corresponded via email several times and I have seen pictures of your work, so I'm fairly certain this panel will go together and look just fine, but I can see a lot of extra work involved doing it that way.

I wouldn't recommend this method to anyone else, nor would I want to do it myself. I do hope you construct your next panel the traditional way and see how much easier it is.

Sue