• @dmenezesEnglish
    6•1 year ago

    If anyone ever doubts that electronics can be pretty, I’m just going to show them a pic or three from your soldering jobs, they never fail to impress. Congrats!

    Just out of curiosity, what soldering iron and/or other tools did you use for these?

    • @Adair21OPMEnglish
      9•1 year ago

      Thanks! I’m using a T3A station with the t245 handle and a 2.2mm bevel tip.

      I replaced the solder on the mcpcb with 60/40 leaded solder and my temp is set to 355°C

      And I always use flux ;)

      • jon_sliderEnglish
        4•1 year ago

        undefined> my temp is set to 355°C

        thanks for sharing that info ;-)

        your blobs look so round and shiny… beautiful work

        • @Adair21OPMEnglish
          4•1 year ago

          The Pinecil is a good station, but you should also look for a larger bevel tip to use with it.

          I’m using a flux syringe for easier application. And solder does have a flux core but that quickly burns away and is only useful if you’re feeding solder directly into the joint. I place extra flux on the wire and pad and then load my tip up with solder

          • @dmenezesEnglish
            3•1 year ago

            The Pinecil is a good station

            And it has its own RISC-V MCU and runs opensource IronOS which really tickles my geek bone … ;-)

            but you should also look for a larger bevel tip to use with it.

            I was planning on getting the whole set of “normal fine” tips; perhaps I should get the “normal gross set” instead? Or both? Or either/both of the gross or/and fine “short” sets?

            Now I’m confused… 🙃

            I’m using a flux syringe for easier application. And solder does have a flux core but that quickly burns away and is only useful if you’re feeding solder directly into the joint. I place extra flux on the wire and pad and then load my tip up with solder

            Thanks for the pro advice! Will be sure to get one of these too!