Your work is always so neat and tidy. What aux board is this?
Thanks! That’s the Lume1 RGB aux board
There are so many cool builds with these lights. I wish I had got on the fw3 train a little earlier.
I have some extras in stock if you’re interested
Did you build this from a kit? My kid would love to solder something like that.
Bro, I’ve tried to Solder these aux boards and all I gotta say is much respect man. Super clean work.
Thanks bro!
Beautiful!
If anyone ever doubts that electronics can be pretty, I’m just going to show them a pic or three from your soldering jobs, they never fail to impress. Congrats!
Just out of curiosity, what soldering iron and/or other tools did you use for these?
Thanks! I’m using a T3A station with the t245 handle and a 2.2mm bevel tip.
I replaced the solder on the mcpcb with 60/40 leaded solder and my temp is set to 355°C
And I always use flux ;)
undefined> my temp is set to 355°C
thanks for sharing that info ;-)
your blobs look so round and shiny… beautiful work
That’s pro stuff, way above my league :-) Seriously, my current soldering iron is a dumb piece of crap, I do want to upgrade to one of these eventually: https://pine64.com/product/pinecil-smart-mini-portable-soldering-iron/
I don’t think I’ve ever used (separate) flux; this is what you mean, right? Isn’t it supposed to be incorporated inside the solder nowadays?
The Pinecil is a good station, but you should also look for a larger bevel tip to use with it.
I’m using a flux syringe for easier application. And solder does have a flux core but that quickly burns away and is only useful if you’re feeding solder directly into the joint. I place extra flux on the wire and pad and then load my tip up with solder
The Pinecil is a good station
And it has its own RISC-V MCU and runs opensource IronOS which really tickles my geek bone … ;-)
but you should also look for a larger bevel tip to use with it.
I was planning on getting the whole set of “normal fine” tips; perhaps I should get the “normal gross set” instead? Or both? Or either/both of the gross or/and fine “short” sets?
Now I’m confused… 🙃
I’m using a flux syringe for easier application. And solder does have a flux core but that quickly burns away and is only useful if you’re feeding solder directly into the joint. I place extra flux on the wire and pad and then load my tip up with solder
Thanks for the pro advice! Will be sure to get one of these too!
