<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<TITLE>Message</TITLE>
<META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2838" name=GENERATOR></HEAD>
<BODY>
<DIV><SPAN class=328213715-27032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>i
solder at 350 degC, seems a good trade off between transfering heat too slow
that everything gets too hot before the solder melts and too fast that you
can't pull the soldering iron away before anything gets too hot. was a bit of
play and get feel before i settled on that. hotter temps destroy tips quicker
too.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=328213715-27032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=328213715-27032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2><gripe mode></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=328213715-27032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>funny
though, being an electronics tech in two part time jobs (mondays, tuesdays and
every second wednesday one, every first wednesday, thursday and friday the
other), today i sat at my workbench at work to repair some of the lab equipment
that students love to blow up. pulled out a new roll of solder and did a few
solder joins, heaps of smoke, so cranked the extraction fan up thinking it was
the new solder, did a few more. then realised someone had cranked my (work) iron
up full to 450 degC. not the first time, i never know who touches my workbench
when i'm not around. i have marked in permanent marker the temperature setting
to use, do not remove the iron from the bench, and USE ONLY AT 350degC in
permanant marker all over it. i hate coming in mondays someone decided to use my
nice new side cutters to cut a nail (or screw whatever it was), took my pack of
precicion screwdrivers and left one in each room in the building, or used my
soldering iron at full power to solder two pieces of 2mm thick steel plate
together (this was my morning). the worst bit is it's the other technical staff
and academics that do this, not the students.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=328213715-27032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=328213715-27032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>ok,
deep breathe... in, out...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=328213715-27032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></gripe mode></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=328213715-27032006></SPAN><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=328213715-27032006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=328213715-27032006> </SPAN>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
owner-synth-diy@dropmix.xs4all.nl [mailto:owner-synth-diy@dropmix.xs4all.nl]
<B>On Behalf Of </B>Brett Maddaford<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, March 27, 2006 1:59
PM<BR><B>To:</B> synth-diy@dropmix.xs4all.nl<BR><B>Subject:</B> [sdiy] what temp
do you solder at?<BR><BR></DIV></FONT></FONT>
<BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
<DIV><SPAN class=043173705-27032006><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi all sorry i
have checked the archives but couldnt find much there and everything i do read
seems to be different.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=043173705-27032006><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=043173705-27032006><FONT face=Arial size=2>I was just
wondering what temp people recommend soldering standard kinda parts at....1\4
resistors, electro caps and trannies etc on standard printed pcbs like the
oakley and cgs type. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=043173705-27032006><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=043173705-27032006><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am obviuosly
getting better as time goes on with so i am pushing the iron a bit higher in
temp so that i can get each joint done fatser and move onto the next...from
what i read a higher temp for a shorter period can be better than a
slighty lower temp but for a longer time on certain components, is that
true?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=043173705-27032006><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=043173705-27032006><FONT face=Arial size=2>Most of what iread
suggest start at 260c and go from there, depending on the part im working with
im usually at around 305-320c is that about right? </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=043173705-27032006><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=043173705-27032006><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ive never had a
project or part die on me so i assume im doing right but its been buggin me to
get the right answer on this and obviously id rather find out now if im doing
something wrong rather than yeasr later when joins etc go wrong on me
etc</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=043173705-27032006><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=043173705-27032006><FONT face=Arial
size=2>thanks</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=043173705-27032006><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Brett</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT size=2>
<P dir=ltr align=left><STRONG>Brett Maddaford</STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG>IPFX - </STRONG>Previously known as Performance Solutions</P>
<P>Tel: 1300 737 367 (Aus Only)</P>
<P>Support: 1300 737 367 (Aus Only)</P>
<P>web: </FONT><A href="http://www.ipfx.com/"><U><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2>www.ipfx.com</U></FONT></A></P></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>