I use this exact same technique.
Moe
--- In motm@egroups.com, "J. Larry Hendry" <jlarryh@i...> wrote:
> You know, this brings up a good point. I know everyone has their
own ways
> of checking their work. But, I have found that trying to go back
and check
> a lot of joints after-the-fact is hard to tell where you are going
and where
> you have been. So, I will share something that works for me. I
check all
> of my joints under magnification before I trim the leads. Then
when I am
> happy, I trim the leads off. So, after soldering a few parts on, I
stop,
> inspect and clip. Everything not clipped needs to be inspected.