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joyrider:
Hi,

i'm making an arcade controller and everything works fine but now i've come to the point where i was going to solder wires to the contacts of a joypad that i'm going to use. But i can't seem to get the tin to stick at the contacts of the joypad although ive seen pictures of people doing this, what am i doing wrong ?
i got tin solder and a cheap solder tool with a point

any idea's ? the pad i'm using is a playstation pad

tetsu96:
You should probably find a site that has a basic soldering tutorial...  As far as making the solder "STICK", the proper way of soldering is heating the element / wire and then touching the solder to it.  Melting the solder directly on the soldering iron isn't quite right and if it doesn't melt when you touch the wires / element with it, you didn't heat it enough...

Just try not to burn anything...

aramis:
what do the contacts look like that you are trying to solder to? If they are a dull black, you have to scrape that off first to reveal the copper underneath. Then, get the soldering iron good and hot, and put just a little bit of solder on the tip (better heat transfer this way). Then, touch and hold the wire to the tip, and feed solder into the wire to "tin" the end. Do the same to the contact. Finally, hold the tinned wire to the contact and apply the soldering iron to melt the two together.

This is a lot easier than trying to hold the wire and contact together, while also getting the tip and solder in there at the same time. It also minimizes the amount of time that you are applying heat to the contact.

tetsu96:
See?  Now there's someone who read a FAQ on soldering at one point...   ;)

Frobozz:
LOL!  God I hate soldering.  Soldering the modchip into my old PSX was as far as I ever want to go.

"OK, now that I've poured the molten metal all over my circuit board, now what?"  :o

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