Heat sink

giovanni

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Do you guys ever use a heat sink for soldering? I’ve been using it for ceramic caps which means they always stick out away from the board. Am I making my life unnecessarily harder?
 
I've used small alligator clips on diodes in the past when my soldering skills were pretty sub-par.

Now I'm better at getting the heat to the necessary spots quick and efficiently and don't use them.
 
At this point I’m not really worried about my soldering skill, but the heat sink was recommended to me by a friend who was very experienced in soldering and was still concerned about ceramic caps.
 
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