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| F|end:
MAn, this thread is soon becoming a D.I.Y. tutorial! LOL Nice! ;D |
| grafixmonkey:
--- Quote from: CthulhuLuke on July 02, 2003, 07:20:41 am ---Umm.. you don't really need to buy a whole nother pad, you can just buy some of that soldering stuff that sucks up solder, suck all the excess solder you botched up on, and try again. I remember I screwed up my first time, but it was an easy fix. --- End quote --- If I bridge solder points, I just take a dremel to the place inbetween where the bridge is. Might not work if there's a huge solder blob though. What thickness solder are you using? I use this stuff that's slightly larger than a mechanical pencil lead, and I have to shove 6" of it on a contact to cause a bridge. Also, I use the tip of the iron on the tip of the wire, let the wire heat the solder, and let the solder heat the PCB pad. If you're using the tip on both the wire and the pad at the same time as you add the solder, it might make it easier to bridge gaps. Hope that helps! |
| SirPeale:
I don't know jack about your soldering skills, but if you don't have any, may I recommend getting a scrap circuit board (like a dead motherboard, dead stereo, or something) and practicing on that, before killing your pad. |
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