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eliminated the distance between the tip of the guide and the crystal plate 

 is kept as small as possible. A small disc of solder is then punched in the 

 press at the left, the little disc remaining in a round slot whose position is 

 also lined up with respect to the arm carrying the wire. The movable arm 



Fig. 13.6 — Wire-soldering machine for straight or hooked wires. 



is then rotated until the wire is directly over the solder disc at which point 

 it falls into a guide and comes down and spears the disc. The arm is then 

 Hfted, picking up the solder at the end of the wire. The solder and the 

 end of the wire is then wetted with rosin-alcohol flux and the arm rotated 



