On Mon, 19 Mar 2018 14:11:53 +0000 ael <adrian.lawre...@physics.oxon.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 05:24:26PM +1300, Daniel Reurich wrote: > > They're all thru-hole and can be done with a fine tipped soldering > > iron and cheap plunger type solder sucker..☺ > > As someone with a fair amount of experience of soldering, I must say > that you have been lucky with exceptonal thermal isolation in the > motherboard. Most multilayer boards need a bit more than > just a fine tipped iron. I would expect to need at least a hot air > "hotplate" > and a beefy temperature controlled soldering iron. U mean like this? https://tinyurl.com/y9ka2k4m I'd assumed Daniel was using something like this, as I wouldn't put together a $29.00 kit with a "solder gun" or an unregulated "soldering iron." As a kid I was terrible at soldering with both my "solder gun" and worse, my 40 watt unregulated "solder iron". Blobby, oxidized messes on every joint, half of them cracked. Then I went to work repairing audio equipment, where they provided me with Weller solder stations. Days later all my joints were clean, shiny, and with the right amount of solder. SteveT _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
