How do you solder?

One last tip.....

Don't fret if it didn't go well....you can reheat, take apart joint, and wipe off solder for a retry...

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Here's one.

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Soldering is a Learned Talent some people are good at it and some are Not.

To de=solder should I get a little suction pump to remove?

A little bulb or syringe type pump does take care of the boo boos nicely.....a bit of rag works OK in a pinch..

That or wick. Radio shack has a hand held spring action pump and wick.
Sometimes the old solder can be reused, just add some new in for a better flow. Helps with viscosity.

you need one to solder with.

I did milspech soldering in the 80s.

It's not hard. buy a circuit board, some resisters
and an iron. DIY to start.

depends. sometimes solder wick is more detailed.

sucker can damage a lead.

did you get a new job?

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I've always got something going on lemme tell u

Solder wick where the pin exits the board.
Hold the iron on top of the wick
Move to a new section of wick once you see the solder flow into the wick
Use a flux/cleaner pen on the holes in the board once you have the pins out
Insert new pins. Hold the iron on the pin, do 1 @ a time. Hold the solder on the pin a hair above the board & remove the solder once it melts.
Get some 60/40 solder or close to that ratio

Last Edited by ~Green Man~ on 07/15/2016 01:42 AM

First two lines sound like TOOL lyrics.

And you know your solder.

Solder in this hopeless fucking hole on my PA
The only way to fix it is to flux it all away

:cruiser:

i know from your replies that the advice given is only partial and missing this, whet your iron with the solder so you have a very small amount of solder at the tip of your iron. you take the solder to the heated iron not the board.

get a skilled solderer to show you because i have earnt a living repairing bad repairs. with power supplies be careful as they can easily kill you if you are not respectful of the rules of electricity.

Astral will be okay.

He has that huge "AG" grill in his mouth as a heat sink.


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You watch a YT or two, get the equipment hot, and then you do a few test solderings just on some stripped wires to get familiar with the temperature control and flow of tin.

Too little, too short and too cold, is just as bad as too much, long and hot.

Transfer the heat fast and efficiently, apply tin, allow it to fully wick through the material and get that nice shine, and remove heat asap.

Some flux combined with a small amount of tin to help with the initial heat transfer before the main application is a good tip.

Youtube, practice, repair.

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Make sure whatever you're soldering has been unplugged from whatever power source it uses first... some (generally older) power supplies have smoothing capacitors which can hold power for a while and may need to be discharged (you can short them out with a low ohm resistance) before poking metal around the circuit.

Doing it this week guys.

Parts arrive Tuesday

heat the surface well and apply the rosen solder

thank you.

and use good solder! not that chinese crap

oh, i almost forgot, keep the solder wick handy. you don't want to apply too much. some times if it beads up to much, dab up the overflow.....

yeah, thanks, this is going to be awesome, getting my SNES working again!

if you never soddered before maybe you should try pipes first.
it's a different game on electronics

That's awesome! Sorry I didn't read all the posts. I suspect you may find cold solder connections may be a problem. This is a common problem. It's caused from multiple uses of heating up and cooling down and most likely because they used cheap ass chinese solder!! So take the solder wick and remove the "cheap ass chinese solder" and apply good quality USA made solder! tedious but well worth the effort! good luck!

What am I thinking? Let er rip.
Burn that tendo