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semtav
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Hardness testing

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Does anyone have a Cabin Tree hardness tester and some 63/37 solder bars they could test the hardness on.
I have bars from quite a few sources and I keep coming up with a reading of .069 which is the same as 20-1.
Even my pure tin bars only show .072. same as 10-1.
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Re: Hardness testing

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My tin bars were .069 and 50/50 was 072.
60/40 was 073. All of them bled down kinda quick also. Had to be right over the tester and read as soon as it stopped.
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semtav
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Re: Hardness testing

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Thanks.
I'm just gonna put the tester away and keep on shooting. My 12.5-1 doesn't come up anything like its supposed to by the chart.
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