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2006-03-19 by marcin_grzelak
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
2006-03-19 by mate_stubb
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 >
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/>. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >
2006-03-20 by Geoff
I'm curious, what type of iron are you using? The advice the others gave is great, but in my experience, I've noticed that if your iron is too cold (or too low powered) some components can act like big ol' heatsinks, cooling everything down and making the solder flow poorly, if at all. This is why I love my Weller WTCPT (thanks for the reccomendation on the site, Paul!) 42 watts, but it doesn't bake everything it touches, as it's temperature controlled. What a friggin' difference between that and a radio shack ~13 watt pencil iron, which incidentally i NEVER touched an MOTM kit with =] -Geoff marcin_grzelak 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 > > >
2006-03-20 by Adam Schabtach
Yeah, ditto what Geoff said about irons, and if you want to get a decent iron for not much money, there's a little Weller station that's about $40-50. I forget its model number but it has a red-orange base. You'll need to buy a small tip for it also; the one that comes with it is too big for anything other than soldering jack lugs. I used one of those for assembling ~25 MOTM modules and never had a problem with soldering Spectrol pot leads. Eventually I moved up to a more elaborate (expensive) Weller station, but I passed the first one on to a friend who is still using it to assemble modules. --Adam
> -----Original Message----- > From: Geoff [mailto:overand@...] > Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 5:17 PM > To: motm@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [motm] Soldering advice > > I'm curious, what type of iron are you using? The advice the > others gave is great, but in my experience, I've noticed that > if your iron is too cold (or too low powered) some components > can act like big ol' > heatsinks, cooling everything down and making the solder flow > poorly, if at all. This is why I love my Weller WTCPT > (thanks for the reccomendation on the site, Paul!) 42 watts, > but it doesn't bake everything it touches, as it's > temperature controlled. What a friggin' > difference between that and a radio shack ~13 watt pencil > iron, which incidentally i NEVER touched an MOTM kit with =] > > -Geoff > > marcin_grzelak 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 > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > >
2006-03-20 by marcin_grzelak
--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "Adam Schabtach" <adam@...> wrote: >Thanks very much to all for respons and advice. I've Weller WHS 40W iron and it does its work realy good, so I suppose it's my soldering technique. I'll try a bit wider tip for this "obdurate" legs.. Martin > Yeah, ditto what Geoff said about irons, and if you want to get a decent > iron for not much money, there's a little Weller station that's about > $40-50. I forget its model number but it has a red-orange base. You'll need > to buy a small tip for it also; the one that comes with it is too big for > anything other than soldering jack lugs. I used one of those for assembling > ~25 MOTM modules and never had a problem with soldering Spectrol pot leads. > Eventually I moved up to a more elaborate (expensive) Weller station, but I > passed the first one on to a friend who is still using it to assemble > modules. > > --Adam > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Geoff [mailto:overand@...] > > Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 5:17 PM > > To: motm@yahoogroups.com > > Subject: Re: [motm] Soldering advice > > > > I'm curious, what type of iron are you using? The advice the > > others gave is great, but in my experience, I've noticed that > > if your iron is too cold (or too low powered) some components > > can act like big ol' > > heatsinks, cooling everything down and making the solder flow > > poorly, if at all. This is why I love my Weller WTCPT > > (thanks for the reccomendation on the site, Paul!) 42 watts, > > but it doesn't bake everything it touches, as it's > > temperature controlled. What a friggin' > > difference between that and a radio shack ~13 watt pencil > > iron, which incidentally i NEVER touched an MOTM kit with =] > > > > -Geoff > > > > marcin_grzelak 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >