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Christmas 2014
From: Chris (CHRISSS)
28 Dec 2014 10:34
To: fixrman
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I think I may be getting the hang of it now. Definitely much easier with this soldering station than other irons I've used. Nice to know it's up to temp.
I managed to desolder a connection, suck it up with solder wick and resolder it. I've got some other tips for it on the way which I'm hoping will be easier than the pointy one.
Need to find out about cleaning/tinning it too. The stand has a sponge in it to wipe the tip on.
From: koswix
28 Dec 2014 11:26
To: Chris (CHRISSS)
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>>The stand has a sponge in it to wipe the tip on.
John?
From: Chris (CHRISSS)
28 Dec 2014 11:48
To: koswix
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Well that's definitely a YJ.
From: fixrman
28 Dec 2014 14:59
To: Chris (CHRISSS)
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Quote:
The stand has a sponge in it to wipe the tip on.
Said the vicar to the acolyte.
From: Chris (CHRISSS)
28 Dec 2014 16:18
To: fixrman
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How's this looking? I think the problem I used to have was only trying very tip of the iron which just doesn't seem to heat up enough.
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From: Chris (CHRISSS)
28 Dec 2014 21:45
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Finished project. Mostly happy with the soldering apart from one or two where the contact point isn't fully covered in solder. And the motor mounts, struggled to get them to solder and don't like the way it's held in place.
Unfortunately one of the motors doesn't work so it just goes round in circles. Not sure it too much heat from the iron damaged the motor but I can see the brushes on the motor are in the wrong place and can't move them
:(
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From: fixrman
29 Dec 2014 01:49
To: Chris (CHRISSS)
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Perfect! Solder still looks liquid, indicative of a good joint. A dry-looking, grainy joint is a cold solder joint and will fail, shiny and wet-looking = success! Excellent!
From: fixrman
29 Dec 2014 01:53
To: Chris (CHRISSS)
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The motors are hard to solder in place because the motor housing is heavier gauge metal. Heat the housing first so solder will melt on it, then place it next to the mount surface and heat them together, adding solder to the light side. Should do the trick.
Is there a way to reverse the polarity to that DC motor? I doubt the heat hurt the motor, it may be just defective. Did you test it first?
From: Chris (CHRISSS)
29 Dec 2014 12:13
To: fixrman
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:D
I am surprised how easy it was actually. I had read plenty of times that soldering is easy so not sure if it was the technique, iron or a combination of both but it was far easier than I was expecting from previous attempts.
I didn't think to try the motors before fixing them. Maybe I could get another and swap it over.
From: fixrman
29 Dec 2014 21:29
To: Chris (CHRISSS)
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Just make sure everything doesn't look like something to be soldered. You might cheese somebody off.
:-P