Solder, as a word, can be used in two different ways. Solder,the noun, refers to the alloy (a substance composed of two or more metals) that typically comes as a long, thin wire in spools or tubes. Solder,the verb, means to join together two pieces of metal in what is called as...
Some solder will contain a small amount of silver. This pushes the melting temperature up a bit, but the silver helps the solder to flow and makes a stronger joint. If you are worried about burning whatever your working with, try to stay away from solder with silver in it, but it works...
You may not be used to this, but when soldering, it is a very good idea to work with safety goggles. This is because little molten solder bits can fly out when feeding inside the solder. If this molten solder gets into the eyes, it won’t give a good feeling. Solder This metal all...
Make sure the tip is small enough to fit on a single pad in one of the castellated vias. You don't want a tip that is too wide and will deposit solder across several pads or vias (also referred to as leads). That's how we get solder bridges!
When soldering you are going to be holding the soldering iron with one hand, the solder with the other, and the pieces to be soldered with another… wait! Yeah, it is common to wish for three hands, and for that reason the third-hand tool exists. It frees up one hand by “holding...
Electronic parts with leads fully underneath the component body are tricky to solder by hand, as they have no exposed pieces to make contact with a soldering iron tip. Common names for these parts are micro leadframe (MLF). If only 2 sides of the part have ...
Attach all of my small pieces and finish painting the spare track and exhaust before it goes on. Before any of that, still have to finish the tools and put on. That is were I am going to start from here. Also still have to build the gun lock and paint. After that as a whole it...
This will make cleaning up small parts and pieces a whole lot easier. One of the biggest benefits is not having to touch the Acetone now I can just dump out the parts on a napkin and let them air dry. I can also reuse the Acetone for cleaning without it evaporating. ...
Not Ideal for Hard-to-Reach Solder or Small Components Risk of Damaging the Circuit Board Doesn’t Always Remove All Solder Conclusion For experts who work a lot with circuit boards or need to replace, repair, or recycle pieces, it’s essential to know how to desolder a PCB. There are ...
None seem to work. By trial and error, I find one root to be $\dfrac{16}{25}$. Is there a general way to treat this equation? EDIT The domain of definition of this function seems to be quite small, some subset of $(0,1)$. Also we know that there is only one root as the ...