More on my lathe conversion

[tonyfoale]

Sorry Tony its the oposite I did not make that very clear, Heres a clip from a supplier,

Alan,

That info is way out, solder melts at much lower temps than that clip states. My soldering iron has a maximum setting of 450 deg and I generally use it somewhat less.
The melting point of pure lead is 327.5 ° nowhere near the 1830 quoted in the clip.
Here is link to a useful article albeit somewhat one sided https://www.pcbtoolexpert.com/lead-free-solder/

[olderdan]

That is better info, I will go with that thanks.