[Blindtlk] Soldering revisited

[Hyde, David W. (ESC)]

Joseph, get hold of Curtis Wilouby. If anyone does it, he has.

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From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of T. Joseph Carter
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 11:26 AM
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Subject: [Blindtlk] Soldering revisited

Hey everyone,

Once upon a time, we had a discussion on this list about soldering wires and the like.  A suggestion made was to take the solder, pound it flat with a hammer, and then wrap it around the wire/terminal being soldered.  Then you need only heat the connection a few seconds so that the solder can melt and make a solid electrical connection.

I can tell you that this technique works pretty well for stranded wire or stranded to solid wire (such as the leads of an LED for example), and could probably be done for two solid wires if you had sufficient success using third hand clips to hold the thing still long enough.

But I want to be able to solder packages with pins on 0.1 inch centers.  Transistors, old-fashioned DIPs, that kind of thing.  I brought it up on nfb-hams, and nobody’s volunteered a brilliant strategy yet, so I figured I’d ask a wider audience.  *smile*

I’m sure it must be possible for a blind guy to do it—I’m just not sure how yet.  Advice welcome!

Joseph - kf7qzc


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