"Charlie" wrote in message
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It couldn't get much more simple, it was a straight piece of wire to a
curved bit of wire!

What almost certainly happened is that the wire wasn't heated consistently.
A bit of it got hotter than the solder and the rate at which the heat
dissipated wasn't fast enough and it melted.

It's a problem you get with small torches.

Everything has to get hot together.

You have to practice.

--
William Black
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Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords
is no basis for a system of government