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Trying to solder correctly
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Mp3:

--- Quote from: fixit7 on June 11, 2019, 01:11:23 pm ---I know a lot of folks have given up on me.

https://imgur.com/a/EHAevP1


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"It's always too soon to quit."

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Hi OP,

I feel obliged to answer as i am one that has trouble applying a lot of theory i read about to real life situations.

soldering was particularly an uphill battle for me. I also started with a radio shack iron which i later learned when i got my first decent iron (a hakko) most of my projects that didnt work ended up being due to poor soldering or burning from the fixed temperature iron....

another tip i didnt realize for too long is to keep the tip tinned, and to clean it off so theres just enough solder on there then add a tiny bit more, as lack of solder on the tip prevents heat transfer and increases your chance of causing heat damage from keeping the tip there too long

the key is really just to tin the tip, put a good amount of pressure on the point to solder, add a bit of solder to the area and poke the point with solder until you see the solder is melting it, making sure the tip doesnt get dried out, and it should be not bad at all.

you shouldnt need to make solder bridges -but- it looks like the board you are trying to solder too doesnt really have much copper.... at all... so you may be having difficulty simply on account of having a hard time getting solder to stick to anything i assume?

I may be very bad at EE but I am a good solderer now. I love my ts100.
Zero999:

--- Quote from: Mp3 on September 16, 2019, 08:40:15 am ---Hi OP,

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Unfortunately the original poster left the building awhile ago, after posting several topics about his bench grinder, which he had dangerously modified, by replacing the e-stop with a crappy toggle switch and not earthing it properly. People tried to tell him what we was doing was very dangerous, as it could kill him or other people, but he chose to take offence and left the forum. I hope he's OK and he either saw sense and did the modification properly, gave up, or the bench grinder failed safe.
tooki:

--- Quote from: Mp3 on September 16, 2019, 08:40:15 am ---another tip i didnt realize for too long is to keep the tip tinned, and to clean it off so theres just enough solder on there then add a tiny bit more, as lack of solder on the tip prevents heat transfer and increases your chance of causing heat damage from keeping the tip there too long

the key is really just to tin the tip, put a good amount of pressure on the point to solder, add a bit of solder to the area and poke the point with solder until you see the solder is melting it, making sure the tip doesnt get dried out, and it should be not bad at all.

you shouldnt need to make solder bridges -but- it looks like the board you are trying to solder too doesnt really have much copper.... at all... so you may be having difficulty simply on account of having a hard time getting solder to stick to anything i assume?.

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I’m not gonna go into too much detail, since the soldering tutorial on YouTube by Pace Worldwide is, frankly, unbeatable as an initial resource.

But FYI, applying pressure with the iron is a definite no-no. Use a slightly larger thermal bridge (the extra bit of solder applied to the tip just before beginning a joint) instead, as well as choosing an appropriate tip geometry, held at a good angle to make good thermal contact with the joint.

And I don’t know what you’re talking about the board “not having much copper”. You can plainly see the sets of traces on that perfboard. And the solder doesn’t care how thick the copper is, with regards to it sticking or not.
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