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ne tips? wires.keep.falling off is it better to use only.a liitle solder? |
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hire china to do it for you. |
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use rosin flux? and don't shake so damn much, maybe? |
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china soldered the board need to solder wires from the board to the.banana sockets |
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the solder is more than the stick of glue in the hot glue gun. it plays a very active role in spreading the heat around. where you feed the solder in can actually draw the heat in a particular direction. you also need to give it all a moment to heat up, or it'll be sheer frustration and cold joints. there's nothing wrong with wasting loads of solder except that it's more annoying when you have to undo it, so go wild. if you have an iron with a variable knob, look up if you're setting it where you should. perhaps take a moment to dial it in; figure out with a bit of spare board 'n' wire what it'll take to get the hold you want, and THEN go back to your unethically sourced PCBs. |
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im tryinh to make.a.big.fenix type of thing.with polyphony in 1u.racks. thx for the advice. all noted. soldered 1 yesterday +15v supply has a problem gonna try again l8r the iron is 40w, 1 dollar yes, needs to cool down |
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a week ago, in a thrift shop, i hap'd upon a fishing tackle box labeled $5.00. i opened it up, figuring it could be worth it if it had enough high-tensile line and some wacky lures or some shit. instead it was a complete starter electronics kit: two irons, flux, a few kinds of solder, hookup wire, lots of alligator clippers, and a logic probe. i also bought a bankbox for 99c, and a lampshade for 99c that wound up being the wrong size for my birdlamp. this is my china. |
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hehe :) |
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Join the army. |
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Soldering is mostly about HEATING THE WIRES or whatever parts to be soldered (but not too much to blow up the component, obviously). If you just melt the solder and connect wires, it makes a "cold joint" and is unreliable and shit. So the main point is to heat up the parts to be soldered together, then heat up the solder; the solder then flows and sticks hard to the components that were heated. |
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turns out the most bonkers ppl on the board are completely awesome :) good tip jnasato. arigatou. |
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"Soldering is mostly about HEATING THE WIRES or whatever parts to be soldered" THIS, heat the leg poking through up first then just dab the solder on & it should melt and pool on the circular bit but not too much if its a particularly heat sensitive component, in which case you can get sockets?? long time |
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also make sure your in a well ventilated area, bet Chinese solder still has loads of lead in it |
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yeah that. And, don't touch the solder directly to the soldering iron, touch it to the other side of the leg and it should be hot enough to melt |
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& clean the contacts on the board with one of those brillo things first if the aint all shiny |
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