MobyOctopad
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Despite (mostly) lurking on the forum for a while now, it wasn’t until this month that I finally had the space to set up a small workspace to finally start working through the pile of boards I’ve accumulated. I thought I’d start by building the protoboard micro I bought a while back to try out different values in an Electra circuit before working on one of the Copper Clad boards I have as my first real project. I went into this fully prepared to fuck up my first few attempts but I figured it was time to get started, and…I whiffed it. Didn’t realize until after the fact that I had put my audio jacks in backwards. Which, as embarrassing as it is, is a mistake (I hope) I can correct next time around.
But what I was hoping to pick folks’ brains about was the quality, or lack thereof, of my joints: I did some practice soldering last year in a makerspace that was too far to drive to often and worked on the basics like resistors, caps, and trimpots, but this was my first time dealing with the components at hand and I don’t think there’s a single decent joint on the board.
In hindsight, I don’t think I got nearly enough solder to flow anywhere but was wondering if folks had any advice on how to approach the protoboard components next time. I’d heat the pad and lead for a few seconds before applying the solder on the opposite side of the iron but it felt like it took forever for the solder to flow. I used 60/40 solder with rosin and had my iron going at 625 F. Any tips would be greatly appreciated.
Sucks the first go of it ended poorly, but glad to finally be starting out!
But what I was hoping to pick folks’ brains about was the quality, or lack thereof, of my joints: I did some practice soldering last year in a makerspace that was too far to drive to often and worked on the basics like resistors, caps, and trimpots, but this was my first time dealing with the components at hand and I don’t think there’s a single decent joint on the board.
In hindsight, I don’t think I got nearly enough solder to flow anywhere but was wondering if folks had any advice on how to approach the protoboard components next time. I’d heat the pad and lead for a few seconds before applying the solder on the opposite side of the iron but it felt like it took forever for the solder to flow. I used 60/40 solder with rosin and had my iron going at 625 F. Any tips would be greatly appreciated.
Sucks the first go of it ended poorly, but glad to finally be starting out!