heaving problems with my soldering iron!!!
2003-08-28 by mumin55555
hallo! first of all, let me say i m not an english speaker so forgive me if i have mistakes. i m soldering a lot, using a cheap 5$ iron. i m some problems:
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Re: New Soldering station - WOW
2003-08-28 by wheedal99
Along these lines, I just got a new toy. It s a knock off of a Hakko 850 hot air station. This thing works a treat. I preheat the board for a bit to limit
Re: new ways to make a pcb
2003-08-28 by wheedal99
Actually I found that a light color background actually works slightly better than straight black and white pages. The toner seems to embed itself slightly
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] new ways to make a pcb
2003-08-27 by Henry Carl Ott
... A few tips and tricks for using toner transfer paper can be found in a .pdf on my projects page. http://users.rcn.com/carlott/projects.html I ve found
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] new ways to make a pcb
2003-08-27 by Leon Heller
... Try using the shiny paper from glossy magazines. After ironing the pattern on you need to soak the paper off in warm water with a little detergent. This
Re: new ways to make a pcb
2003-08-27 by Dave Mucha
... realize a pcb. ... Protel, and print on a laser paper. After that to apply the paper with toner over the pcb and heat the paper, usualy the iron clothes.
new ways to make a pcb
2003-08-27 by David Adrian
Hello everybody! From a short time i started to make some tests with the new way to realize a pcb. That way is to draw the schematic with a special program,
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: New Soldering station - WOW flux
2003-08-26 by Stefan Trethan
... hi i am not sure if it is the best long-durability coat. do you coat it before sodering and then not again? i would fear the coat may be interupted near
Re: soldering
2003-08-26 by Dave Mucha
... There you go. I find with a cheap iron, and a dirty tip, the parts never got hot enought to get the solder to flow. a little solder on the tip and that
soldering
2003-08-26 by kenneth magers
you know i have ben soldering for 25+ years and get asked the same questions over and over the main answer is practice practice practice second answer is put a
Re: New Soldering station - WOW
2003-08-26 by Dave Mucha
... not ... have ... I thought SOP for field use was a coffee stained napkin from the donut shop ?
Re: New Soldering station - WOW - colophony/resin
2003-08-26 by Dave Mucha
... colophony/resin ... disolved in ... that will ... side is the ... Can you tell us more about this ? Dave
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: New Soldering station - WOW
2003-08-26 by Ron Amundson
I used to use a wet sponge until someone showed me a Hakko cleaner. It looks like brass turnings off a metal lathe. Works well, and you don t need water. Along
Re: New Soldering station - WOW
2003-08-26 by ghidera2000
By Leaping I meant in comparison to the old iron. The old one seemed to suck up any solder within reach - hell, I swear some teleported to the tip! The new
Re: New Soldering station - WOW
2003-08-26 by Ben H. Lanmon
Just took a look at information from Weller. They recommend that you only use a synthetetic wet sponge to clean the tip. They do not recommend rags or
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: New Soldering station - WOW
2003-08-26 by Zoran A. Scepanovic
Hello Dave, 26. August 2003, 02:40:25, you wrote: DM I don t know how to tell if the tip is coated. the Weller iron is DM self regulating in the tip.
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: New Soldering station - WOW
2003-08-26 by Zoran A. Scepanovic
Hello Stefan, 25. August 2003, 15:38:48, you wrote: ST i have such salmiac stones too.. but never used them. ST i thought they are only for plain copper tips
Re: New Soldering station - WOW
2003-08-26 by Dave Mucha
... I don t know how to tell if the tip is coated. the Weller iron is self regulating in the tip. different tips are different temperatures. leaping solder
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: New Soldering station - WOW
2003-08-25 by kenneth magers
i just use a damp sponge and the end off a small brass brush mounted next to my spong holder ben do this for many years dont use steel it to easy to destroy
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] spelling
2003-08-25 by Leon Heller
... Chemical name is ammonium chloride; it ll be somewhat corrosive when dissolved in water. The solid form should be OK, it dissociates into ammonium and
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: New Soldering station - WOW
2003-08-25 by Stefan Trethan
Or if I m in ... that s funny.. i do that too... i didn t dare to write it because i thought it is a bit crazy (and maybe dangerous for unexperienced)... st
spelling
2003-08-25 by grantfair2001
The spelling for the soldering iron cleaner is sal ammoniac. (Salt of ammonia). I thought that it could be dissolved into a sponge with water, to clean
Re: New Soldering station - WOW
2003-08-25 by Steve
... sponge ... -snip- ... towel ... -snip- ... I m betting Dave s wife s soldering iron has an uncoated copper tip. The wet sponge is for iron plated tips,
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: New Soldering station - WOW
2003-08-25 by Stefan Trethan
... i have such salmiac stones too.. but never used them. i thought they are only for plain copper tips not the coated ones? i use a wet sponge all the time
Re: New Soldering station - WOW
2003-08-25 by Dave Mucha
... What ... to ... NOW ... My wife does stained glass and she would shoot me if I put a wet sponge anywher near her irons. they make them start to oxidize
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Board status in flux
2003-08-25 by Zoran A. Scepanovic
Hello ghidera2000, 24. August 2003, 17:54:34, you wrote: g Looking at my flux container, I relized I d grabbed my plumbing flux g instead - Oatay #5.
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] New Soldering station - WOW
2003-08-25 by Stefan Trethan
yea you are very right with this... the difference is amazing... i have a good station with a ersa 60watts iron. i made the control circuit and the transformer
New Soldering station - WOW
2003-08-24 by ghidera2000
I ve been quite dissatisfied with my $20 soldering iron, takes upwards of half an hour to get hot, the tip oxidized in no time despite frequent tinning and
Re: Board status in flux
2003-08-24 by ghidera2000
Thankfully, this is a prototype board that I don t expect to have in service very long. Probably no more than a few weeks to a month. I have a couple more
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Board status in flux
2003-08-24 by Leon Heller
... I think plumbing flux contains zinc chloride, which is quite conductive. You d have had serious corrosion problems if you had left it on. Leon -- Leon
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Board status in flux
2003-08-24 by kenneth magers
yep better start making another because most likely the acid is mixed in with the solder on top of the trace it will continue eating the trace and or pads it
Re: Board status in flux
2003-08-24 by crankorgan
Hi, Plumbing is acid core and electronics is rosin core. Even if you flush the board the traces might still be eaten away over time. My friend work at
Board status in flux
2003-08-24 by ghidera2000
Just made another double sided board with 10 mil traces. Quite a few traces run between dip pins. Anyway, I solder it all up, stick my DC ammeter on and power
Patch for PG Offline available
2003-08-23 by evildrome_boozerama
Hi Guys, The developers have pulled an all nighter and a patch is available for PG Offline (from 2.0.128 to 2.0.130) here:
Re: Downloading the list
2003-08-22 by evildrome_shadow
Hi All, For those of you who are using PG Offline to archive this group, here is a service announcement: As you re all no doubt aware, Yahoo pulled the plug on
Trimming
2003-08-21 by Steve
Please remember to trim your posts. Some are starting to look like novels. Steve
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Phenolic boards for PCB Milling
2003-08-20 by moonshadow
Engraving machine operators have this problem and if there is bow in a board it shows up badly in line width when using a V D bit. I have always used double
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Phenolic boards for PCB Milling
2003-08-20 by Cristian
... Any idea where to buy a 0.2mm Diamond End Mill? Cristian
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Table to hold circuiromt board for homebuilt cnc mill/drill/router
2003-08-20 by Cristian
... printers, ... Tape the PCB on a flat piece of plastic and drill two guiding holes on them and on the printer s bed. I hope you ve solved already the PCB s
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Phenolic boards for PCB Milling
2003-08-20 by Cristian
... You can buy End Mills. They are flat and the milled channel is uniform. Useful, also, for Rubout. ... It is not, for sure! ... No way for the amateur tool.
Re: Table to hold circuiromt board for homebuilt cnc mill/drill/router
2003-08-20 by crankorgan
Al, Make a Jig out of 1/4 thick PVC or Plexi-Glass. This holds the blank to the bed. You mount two pins, one top and bottom of the center line of the Jig. The
Table to hold circuiromt board for homebuilt cnc mill/drill/router
2003-08-20 by Al Schemmer
Hello everyone, I am assembling a homebuilt too to make circuit boards from old printers, and am looking for ideas to make a small easy table to hold them, I
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Phenolic boards for PCB Milling
2003-08-20 by Stefan Trethan
sure, you have much more experience in that than i have.. i already said i have no mill (until now). maybe it depends also very of the quality of pcb stock. i
Re: Phenolic boards for PCB Milling
2003-08-19 by crankorgan
Stefan, I sell plans for a PCBMill called the Brute. (US and Canada only) It does not use a foot! Yes you will see some variation in the isolation channel. I
odd file extention
2003-08-19 by Dave Mucha
Hi Guys, I am trying to open a file with a CKT extention. I put a copy in the files section as pcb.zip with the file as KPsch.ckt in the zip file. there is a
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Phenolic boards for PCB Milling
2003-08-19 by Stefan Trethan
I have no mill (until now) but on a german page i read he couldn t manage to get a board milled without depth foot . he wrote the board material was not flat
Re: Phenolic boards for PCB Milling
2003-08-18 by crankorgan
Arnie, I buy 4 X 6 single sided boards. I mount the board on a piece of 1/4 pvc plastic which is mounted to the bed of my machine. The blank board is held
Re: Phenolic boards for PCB Milling
2003-08-18 by crankorgan
Arnie, A mechanical etch bit will do two 4 X 6 boards with lots of traces if you run it at 16,000 rpms with a 6 feedrate. If you increase the rpms you might
Re: Phenolic boards for PCB Milling
2003-08-18 by acfrankenberger
I wasn t planning on using a depth guide. If I keep the boards flat will I be ok, or am I kidding myself? Thanks, Arnie ... rid of ... milling. have ...
Re: Phenolic boards for PCB Milling
2003-08-18 by acfrankenberger
Sorry for not being clear in my first post. I am actually planning on using a separate spindle (a dremel like device) attached to the Taig. It will do up to