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CoryBee:

--- Quote from: matt4949 on December 22, 2012, 11:12:00 am ---I prefer to use a wick (a braided flat strip of copper) when desoldering.
Coat wick with rosen.
Place wick on solder to be removed.
Touch solder iron to wick and draw out the solder.

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Same here  :cheers:

brad808:
Another tip - something that I use quite often is a razor blade when wire strippers simply fall short (wires too big, too small, too fragile). Lots of times to strip multi wire cables. The problem is that you can sometimes go too deep when cuttings cables and cut into the individual wires. An easy way to prevent that from happening is stick the razor blade in a table vice so that the blade is only sticking out the same depth as the thickness of the coating on the cable. Then you can simply push the cable down onto it and roll it to cut all the way around.

Got that one from this book http://www.amazon.ca/Audio-Wiring-Guide-popular-connectors/dp/0240520068/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1356196553&sr=8-1 It focusses primarily on audio cables and connectors for studio wiring but all the same tools and techniques can be applied to soldering anything really. Its full of a ton of awesome pictures.

PL1:

--- Quote from: spystyle on December 22, 2012, 10:51:11 am ---I use a cheap de-soldering iron with good success. It has a bulb for suction - you compress the bulb, heat the undesired solder, then let go of the bulb and that creates suction which removes said solder.



I'm just making sure you are aware of these devices :)

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I like this kind better than any of the bulb varieties.


Even though I prefer a solder-sucker like this, most of the time, I just use wick.
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Since the subject of wire stripping came up -- when you cut through the insulation, there is sometimes a little bit that's still connected.  One great technique is to slightly loosen the pressure on the handles, turn the stripper 90 degrees around the axis of the wire and pinch down again to sever the last bit of insulation before pulling it off.


Scott

matt4949:
and i like to use fine grit sandpaper to clean corroded terminals instead of a dremel wire brush. I just prefer to keep fast moving hard to control things away from my sensitive electronic parts.

mgb:
Hey Merry Christmas everyone,
This is a pretty informative topic for those who may be a bit scared to try soldering.
I especially agree with the tip on practicing on old boards.

The one thing I'd like to correct is the step that says to touch the soldering iron to the solder and then quickly to the pieces being soldered.
Soldering should never be done this way.
the pieces to be attached should be together and the soldering iron should be touching them to heat them up and then the solder should be touched to the other side of the joint so the soldered is melted by the joined materials.

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