Yahoo Groups archive

MOTM

Index last updated: 2026-04-28 23:35 UTC

Message

Re: [motm] Re: Soldering advice

2006-03-19 by Scott E.

And don't forget to "tin" the tip of the iron occasionally with some solder.

Scott
===========================================
mate_stubb wrote:
> Martin,
>
> Make sure you have a good soldering iron that has the proper tip temp,
> and that your tip is not worn out. Keep it cleaned with a wet sponge.
>
> Make sure you are touching the tip to both the pot leg and the pad at
> the same time to heat them both for a couple seconds before applying
> the solder.
>
> I don't have any trouble soldering pot legs on mine.
>
> Moe
> http://www.stoogeindustries.com
>
> --- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "marcin_grzelak" <zamarang@...> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> > During my solderings works on MOTM's kits I still hit the same time-
> > consuming difficulty - soldering Spestrol pots legs.
> > Time and again there's one or two legs of there realy "resist" to my
> > soldering-iron.The solder "dont't want" to flow through...
> > I try to bend leg a little bit in all directions, give bit more
> > temperatur - it's realy ardnous till I have a bit solder at another
> > side
> >
> > Any tricks...???
> >
> > Martin
> >
>
>
>
>
>
>
> SPONSORED LINKS
> Label 
> <http://groups.yahoo.com/gads?t=ms&k=Label&w1=Label&w2=Cd+music+label&w3=Independent+music+label&c=3&s=60&.sig=6Ue5iYG1cB-4-PxKoePVpw> 
> 	Cd music label 
> <http://groups.yahoo.com/gads?t=ms&k=Cd+music+label&w1=Label&w2=Cd+music+label&w3=Independent+music+label&c=3&s=60&.sig=HcQO9bFYletC1PmCSbcMNA> 
> 	Independent music label 
> <http://groups.yahoo.com/gads?t=ms&k=Independent+music+label&w1=Label&w2=Cd+music+label&w3=Independent+music+label&c=3&s=60&.sig=4zI39fYigTJ8RURahZcwuw> 
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS
>
>     *  Visit your group "motm <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/motm>" on
>       the web.
>        
>     *  To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
>        motm-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
>       <mailto:motm-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com?subject=Unsubscribe>
>        
>     *  Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of
>       Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>.
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>

Attachments

Move to quarantaine

This moves the raw source file on disk only. The archive index is not changed automatically, so you still need to run a manual refresh afterward.