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Subject: Re: [motm] Intimidated by the MOTM 300
From: jwbarlow@...
Date: 2002-04-27
In a message dated 4/26/02 9:09:05 PM Pacific Daylight Time, winky_dinglehoffer@... writes:
The 300 requires patience & attention to detail, but
it's not to tough a build. Also, I don't think a heat
sink will be necessary if you've got a decent iron &
good soldering technique.
Professor Dinglehoffer is right. The 300 is a lot of work but it's not difficult, just follow the directions and take your time. As far as soldering larger ICs, I try to use a medium to high heat on my iron (so I'm only on any one pin for a second or two). I also will only solder a few pins of any IC at one time, letting the IC cool down for a minute before I go back to solder a second round of three or four pins.
Good luck!
JB