The Beginners Guide To Soldering!

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The Beginners Guide To Soldering!

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1.)Boards must be clean to begin with, especially if they're not previously "tinned" with solder. Clean the copper tracks using
e.g. an abrasive rubber block.

2.)Clean the iron "bit" (tip) using a damp sponge. The iron featured
here is an Ungar Concept 2100 Soldering Station.
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3.)
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A useful product is Multicore's Tip Tinner Cleaner (TTC) - a 15 gram tin of special paste which cleans and "tins" the iron, in one go.

4.)Apply a clean iron tip to the copper and the lead, in order to heat both items at the same time.
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5.)
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Continue heating and apply a few millimetres of solder. Remove
the iron and allow the solder joint to cool naturally.

6.)It only takes a second or two, to make the perfect joint, which
should be nice and shiny.
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That should help out anyone who is new to portablizing. :)
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Re: The Beginners Guide To Soldering

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Zacko187 wrote:2.)Clean the iron "bit" (tip) using a damp sponge.
Hey, why are you soaking me in water? now I'm wet. Hey, what are you doing with that soldering iron! Ouch! Ouch! Damn you Zack! Ouch!

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:lol: hah, i didn't even think about that! lmao
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Post by Turbo Tax 1.0 »

there are so many stickies and anouncements again maybe we should just put this in the beginners guide to portabalizeing
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Post by Zacko187 »

its going to be changed to a sticky later, this is just so it gets noticed now, so dont worry about it.
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Post by SpongeBuell »

4 things aren't that bad. It'll go into the announcements 2.0 thread in a week or so, I think.
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i meant change FROM announcement to a sticky, when i posted "it will be changed to a sticky later, it was already an announcement.
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Re: The Beginners Guide To Soldering

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SpongeBuell wrote:
Zacko187 wrote:2.)Clean the iron "bit" (tip) using a damp sponge.
Hey, why are you soaking me in water? now I'm wet. Hey, what are you doing with that soldering iron! Ouch! Ouch! Damn you Zack! Ouch!

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now its a sticky
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it was a while ago... and do you mind? Honestly, look at all of your posts. And this Image
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hey wait......


Thats norton antivirus! I have that! :lol: :lol: :lol:

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oooo...kay... :?

http://www.gamesx.com/misctech/solder1.htm
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bioniclebert wrote:hey wait......


Thats norton antivirus! I have that! :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Post by nos_slived »

Time to add an on-topic post...

I just noticed that you didn't say anything about flux. Maybe that is something that should be mentioned. Don't forget to mention lemon juice!
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Post by A.J. Franzman »

Yeah, never EVER use lemon juice for flux when soldering electronics!

There's a good reason why acid-based fluxes aren't used in electronics assembly - they cause corrosion! Lemon juice is an acid, makes a great electrolyte. Stick some copper (heavy gauge solid wire) and Zinc (galvanized roofing nail) into a lemon and wire them up, and you've got a fairly decent battery.
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