UPDATE on porcelain dial soldering

[saswatch88]

Ok i finally did it, not the best job but def will pass my standards. The 60 is slightly off, the weld was a bit shabby but ok. I ended up using a tool for wood burning, its does not heat up as much as a solder iron. There is a tiny chip by the 50 that occurred when removing old sub dial, kinda pisses me off the most because without that would have been dam near perfect.

Edited January 23, 2020 by saswatch88

[Chopin]

What do you use to solder the foot to the dial ?

Is it possible to use one of those common soldering irons that are used on circuit?

[AndyHull]

Looks good to me. I probably wouldn't have spotted the small mark  at 50 unless you pointed it out.

 

[watchweasol]

Hi  Nice Job  well done

 

[saswatch88]

7 hours ago, Chopin said:

What do you use to solder the foot to the dial ?

Is it possible to use one of those common soldering irons that are used on circuit?

I didn’t have to solder on the feet, that i could never do

[Chopin]

1 hour ago, saswatch88 said:

I didn’t have to solder on the feet, that i could never do

Sorry, I meant the sub-dial. What is the substance that you add when soldering ? (not very knowledgeable on this topic but I want to know more) 

[saswatch88]

1 hour ago, Chopin said:

Sorry, I meant the sub-dial. What is the substance that you add when soldering ? (not very knowledgeable on this topic but I want to know more) 

i just moved the solder that was already there over in order to release the sub-dial then installed new one then pushed the solder back over.