Main > Main Forum
Translucent trackball lighting.
<< < (8/9) > >>
froggerman:

--- Quote from: Zakk on April 20, 2004, 05:09:17 pm ---Paste flux is awesome, wherever you put it, solder goes.  Here is a pic of a couple of different kinds of flux paste, and different thicknesses of solder.  Neat thing is... plumbing works the same way.  You put flux on the joint, heat it up, and then apply the solder, and it gets sucked into the joint wherever the flux is.

 So really, just get some of the paste, and it's 1-2-3. :)


--- End quote ---
Just don't go anywhere near your electronics with Acid Core solder, the type used in plumbing, or you will be very sorry.
hulkster:
okay, so do i put this paste flux stuff on the thing im soldering the wire to?  ive never heard of anybody doing this.
Zakk:
http://www.epemag.wimborne.co.uk/solderfaq.htm#howto

There's a pretty in-depth faq on soldering.  Basically, you want to put the solder on the wire you want to connect.  So say twist the wires together, dip them into the paste, then heat and apply the solder wire.  Doesn't take much flux, a tin of it is cheap and will last forever.  It really is easy.
Sapper:
I made a "homemade" lighting assembly for my TB (3" Happ HB) out of the following materials:
-1 superbright clear LED
-1 resistor 100 Ohm
-The reflector from a cheap sacrificial flashlight (the kind that comes free with batteries)
-a piece of paint stirrer stick
-hot glue
-wire
I ran the 5V lead from the OptiPAC to the resistor and then to the LED.  I hot-glued the LED into the old reflector, and then the reflector through a hole in the paint stick.  Glued the assembly in place, and then screwed it to the bottom of the TB.  It works like a charm, and only cost me ~ $6 Cdn (or 0.50 US).  See Pics...
Sapper:
View of bottom of TB
Navigation
Message Index
Next page
Previous page

Go to full version