[Blindtlk] Soldering revisited

[Bryan Schulz]

hi,

if he has, that would be a neat trick as the pins on printed circuit boards 
are about 3mm apart and a bridge anywhere causes a failure.

Bryan Schulz

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hyde, David W. (ESC)" <david.hyde at wcbvi.k12.wi.us>
To: "'Blind Talk Mailing List'" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 12:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Soldering revisited


> Joseph, get hold of Curtis Wilouby. If anyone does it, he has.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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
> To: Blind Talk Mailing List
> 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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