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Does anyone use conductive adhesives?
Monkeyvoodoo:
Not sure how I doubled posted...
Fursphere:
Hot solder will not "stick" to a cold electronic part. You need to (slowly) pre-heat whatever you are going to solder (which is basically brazing in welding terms)
Flux can be very important - although I normally just use rosin core solder (nasty fumes, good solder joints).
Practice makes perfect. Don't be afraid to get a set of "third hands" to help you too.
http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/a4bb/
yotsuya:
After testing it out at an arcade repair party, I just bought a Hakko Soldering Station as well as a Hakko desoldering gun. +1 on using quality equipment.
shponglefan:
I used to hate/suck at soldering until I learned how to do it right. Mainly from following the information in these YouTube vids:
And +2 to having decent equipment. Bought a Hakko FX-888D soldering station to replace my cheapy Home Depot soldering iron and haven't looked back.
Maximus:
--- Quote from: yotsuya on July 06, 2013, 03:02:51 pm ---After testing it out at an arcade repair party, I just bought a Hakko Soldering Station as well as a Hakko desoldering gun. +1 on using quality equipment.
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I also use a hakko station. A quality iron took me from completely useless to recapping my own monitors and doing other everyday electronics repair and builds. Just another example of a quality tool making your life a thousand times easier.