> On Wed, 21 Dec 1994, Michael Sharp wrote:
>
> > I'm in the midst of a restoration project and I'm considering using body
>solder
> > (now that I've finished a lot of hammer/dolly work). Have any of you ever
**** Have you ever noticed how bondo cans always say
``Light-weight Body Filler''
or somesuch?
Body solder is *heavy*. If you use a lot of it, you increase the weight
of the car. This makes it slower, and makes it handle worse. Bad
in every way.
A friend of mine worked as a quality inspector in an aerospace
electronics
firm. Among other things, he inspected for ``NASA-Spec solder joints''.
These were joints with a minimum of solder. Apparently, the weight of
thousands of solder joints can add up, and its expensive to throw
excess weight into orbit....
- Jerry Kaidor
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