[Elecraft] OT: Soldering Practice THANK YOU TO ALL
Wow...I can't believe the numbers of responses I received with so many really great suggestion! What a GREAT group! Thanks to everyone who replied!! de Doug KR2Q __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] OT: soldering practice
Hi everyone, 1. Please reply off-list 2. I want to teach my daughter how to solder leaded components onto a circuit board (to start). 3. Where can I get a cheap (really cheap?) source of boards to play on. Obviously, they do not need to work, can be broken, etc. Thanks, Doug KR2Q __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] OT: soldering practice
what about some old Personal Computer boards, I know one of the guys I volunterr with has replaced the caps on some of the boards with enlarged caps, perhaps there are other parts you could work on other than that, a surplus store if you have one handy al ve3gam - Original Message - From: DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL doug...@gmail.com To: Elecraft Reflector elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2011 7:10 AM Subject: [Elecraft] OT: soldering practice Hi everyone, 1. Please reply off-list 2. I want to teach my daughter how to solder leaded components onto a circuit board (to start). 3. Where can I get a cheap (really cheap?) source of boards to play on. Obviously, they do not need to work, can be broken, etc. Thanks, Doug KR2Q __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] OT: soldering practice
Doug, There are two opportunities here. One is your goal of solder practice. The other is to find a suitable piece of electronics to take apart to get the circuit board on which the soldering practice can take place. The experience of taking something apart for the sake of understanding what is inside is worth the effort. It is more enjoyable because you know it does not have to be put back together. I recently took apart a failed laser printer. Now there is an experience even for a seasoned electronics type like me. Don, N0YE On 6/5/2011 5:10 AM, DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL wrote: Hi everyone, 1. Please reply off-list 2. I want to teach my daughter how to solder leaded components onto a circuit board (to start). 3. Where can I get a cheap (really cheap?) source of boards to play on. Obviously, they do not need to work, can be broken, etc. Thanks, Doug KR2Q __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] OT: soldering practice
Doug, I would suggest you obtain a piece of perf-board with thru-plated holes along with a bunch of resistors (1/4 watt are not expensive in lots of 200). Give her the Soldering Tutorial that is on the Elecraft website. While practice with boards that have had the components removed can be less expensive, I believe she should start with clean components and clean board holes - for one thing, it is easier to look at and evaluate the solder connections after a practice session - too much solder, too little solder, component lead not heated sufficiently, solder pad not heated sufficiently are all things you can evaluate when working with a new board. A used board will not provide as much information because there is already a bit of solder on the pads. In other words, start her out with good tools and materials, this is not a time to be cheap IMHO. 73, Don W3FPR On 6/5/2011 7:10 AM, DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL wrote: Hi everyone, 1. Please reply off-list 2. I want to teach my daughter how to solder leaded components onto a circuit board (to start). 3. Where can I get a cheap (really cheap?) source of boards to play on. Obviously, they do not need to work, can be broken, etc. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] OT: soldering practice
They'd have to be ancient. The PC world has been almost totally SMD for 10 years now. Looking at an now 8 year old Athlon Thunderbird mobo I have in the closet,the only parts which aren't SMD are the caps around the socket 7 socket for power supply filtering and the voltage regulators. You might be bale to find some old ISA slot peripherals. Hamfests are a good place to look as Hams never throw anything away, even when they should. Could have had me an old IBM RS-6000 and all the perifs for $250 bucks last year. On Sun, 5 Jun 2011 11:17:57 -0400 VE3GAM Allen McRorie ve3...@rogers.com wrote: what about some old Personal Computer boards, I know one of the guys I volunterr with has replaced the caps on some of the boards with enlarged caps, perhaps there are other parts you could work on other than that, a surplus store if you have one handy al ve3gam -- R. Kevin Stover AC0H __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] OT: soldering practice
Sparkfun.com has pcb 'rejects' available on their website. They are not expensive and might get you started. Once some proficiency is established, I'd strongly suggest switching to Elecraft's line of Mini-Mods as they are easy to build, usually in an hour or two. And, you wind up with some really useful 'toys' that work and will be useful in the shack. And, when she has this experience under her belt, move on the a K2/10, the ultimate builder's project. ...bc nr4c -Original Message- From: DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL [mailto:doug...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2011 7:11 AM To: Elecraft Reflector Subject: [Elecraft] OT: soldering practice Hi everyone, 1. Please reply off-list 2. I want to teach my daughter how to solder leaded components onto a circuit board (to start). 3. Where can I get a cheap (really cheap?) source of boards to play on. Obviously, they do not need to work, can be broken, etc. Thanks, Doug KR2Q __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
