Post by Macsbeach98 on Oct 12, 2016 1:20:20 GMT -5
This guide is for the people that are new to Soldering and Voltmods
First the things I have at hand and use.
In the Bottom half of the Above pic.
1. Multimeter (any cheap Radioshack/Jaycar one will suffice)
2. Solder (The normal 1mm Roll or coil sold at Radioshack)
3. Trimmers You can buy assorted Boxes like this one cheaply on Fleabay.
4. A small set of sidecutters.
5. Soldering Iron should have a tapered Tip like the one shown you can get cheap 25watt ones in Radioshack that will do the job perfectly fine.
I use a Hakko Iron on a W.E.P soldering station the soldering stations can be bought cheaply on Fleabay and you get a Hot Air Tool into the Bargain
6. Flux a tube can be bought cheapy and I cant emphasise enough how smoothly and easy it will make your soldering operations.
7. Wire I use 80Pin IDE cables the ones that are single stranded you can tell the difference between single strand and multi strand the single strand cables are stiffer.
8. (Optional) Heatshrink tube for insulating the ends of wire where you connect them to the trimmer.
Technique
1. We are going to solder a wire to the chip resistor in the pic below.
2. Dab a small amount of flux on the end of the chip resistor.
3. Clean your Iron on the sponge.
4. Add a small amount of solder onto your iron tip.
5. Dab the Iron on the end of the chip resistor you don’t have to hold it on there for any length of time the solder will take almost instantly with the flux on there and you will have a shiny solder coating like in the pic.
6. Strip and tin the end of your wire then trim the end to length.
7 Clean your tip and add a small amount of solder to your iron again hold your wire in position and dab it with the iron again and you will be rewarded with a nice clean joint.
What I usually do is solder the wire to the trimmer first then insulate it with a bit of Heatshrink tube and cut it to length.
I usually hold my Trimmers to the cards with Hot Melt Glue but dont glue them on behind Mosfets they get warm and the trimmer will come off as you are adjusting it.
For those that haven't done it before a couple of practice goes on a dead piece of hardware is advised.
Its pretty easy to do, a couple of goes and you will be doing it like a Pro.
I will say again that using flux will make the job so much smoother and easier.
First the things I have at hand and use.
In the Bottom half of the Above pic.
1. Multimeter (any cheap Radioshack/Jaycar one will suffice)
2. Solder (The normal 1mm Roll or coil sold at Radioshack)
3. Trimmers You can buy assorted Boxes like this one cheaply on Fleabay.
4. A small set of sidecutters.
5. Soldering Iron should have a tapered Tip like the one shown you can get cheap 25watt ones in Radioshack that will do the job perfectly fine.
I use a Hakko Iron on a W.E.P soldering station the soldering stations can be bought cheaply on Fleabay and you get a Hot Air Tool into the Bargain
6. Flux a tube can be bought cheapy and I cant emphasise enough how smoothly and easy it will make your soldering operations.
7. Wire I use 80Pin IDE cables the ones that are single stranded you can tell the difference between single strand and multi strand the single strand cables are stiffer.
8. (Optional) Heatshrink tube for insulating the ends of wire where you connect them to the trimmer.
Technique
1. We are going to solder a wire to the chip resistor in the pic below.
2. Dab a small amount of flux on the end of the chip resistor.
3. Clean your Iron on the sponge.
4. Add a small amount of solder onto your iron tip.
5. Dab the Iron on the end of the chip resistor you don’t have to hold it on there for any length of time the solder will take almost instantly with the flux on there and you will have a shiny solder coating like in the pic.
6. Strip and tin the end of your wire then trim the end to length.
7 Clean your tip and add a small amount of solder to your iron again hold your wire in position and dab it with the iron again and you will be rewarded with a nice clean joint.
What I usually do is solder the wire to the trimmer first then insulate it with a bit of Heatshrink tube and cut it to length.
I usually hold my Trimmers to the cards with Hot Melt Glue but dont glue them on behind Mosfets they get warm and the trimmer will come off as you are adjusting it.
For those that haven't done it before a couple of practice goes on a dead piece of hardware is advised.
Its pretty easy to do, a couple of goes and you will be doing it like a Pro.
I will say again that using flux will make the job so much smoother and easier.
