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Soldering Saturday (lemmy.world)

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[–] dmenezes 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If anyone ever doubts that electronics can be pretty, I'm just going to show them a pic or three from your soldering jobs, they never fail to impress. Congrats!

Just out of curiosity, what soldering iron and/or other tools did you use for these?

[–] Adair21 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Thanks! I'm using a T3A station with the t245 handle and a 2.2mm bevel tip.

I replaced the solder on the mcpcb with 60/40 leaded solder and my temp is set to 355°C

And I always use flux ;)

[–] dmenezes 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's pro stuff, way above my league :-) Seriously, my current soldering iron is a dumb piece of crap, I do want to upgrade to one of these eventually: https://pine64.com/product/pinecil-smart-mini-portable-soldering-iron/

I don't think I've ever used (separate) flux; this is what you mean, right? Isn't it supposed to be incorporated inside the solder nowadays?

[–] Adair21 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Pinecil is a good station, but you should also look for a larger bevel tip to use with it.

I'm using a flux syringe for easier application. And solder does have a flux core but that quickly burns away and is only useful if you're feeding solder directly into the joint. I place extra flux on the wire and pad and then load my tip up with solder

[–] dmenezes 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The Pinecil is a good station

And it has its own RISC-V MCU and runs opensource IronOS which really tickles my geek bone ... ;-)

but you should also look for a larger bevel tip to use with it.

I was planning on getting the whole set of "normal fine" tips; perhaps I should get the "normal gross set" instead? Or both? Or either/both of the gross or/and fine "short" sets?

Now I'm confused... 🙃

I’m using a flux syringe for easier application. And solder does have a flux core but that quickly burns away and is only useful if you’re feeding solder directly into the joint. I place extra flux on the wire and pad and then load my tip up with solder

Thanks for the pro advice! Will be sure to get one of these too!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The fine one is better in my opinion

[–] jon_slider 4 points 1 year ago

undefined> my temp is set to 355°C

thanks for sharing that info ;-)

your blobs look so round and shiny.. beautiful work