On Friday 15 July 2005 13:51, Craig Rairdin wrote: > Seems like unsoldered pins are a popular problem these days. > > One of the things I do to avoid this is count as I solder. I expect an 8-pin > IC to have 8 pins to solder so I count them off as I do them. If I stick 14 > resistors in, I expect 28 solder joints when I flip the board over. In the > case of 2-leaded parts I solder one side at a time to avoid heat build-up. > So I'd count off 14 on the first pass and another 14 on the second.
Craig, I see no need to count. For all long lead components, I soldered lots of them in before trimming the leads. When I started to trim them, I checked if I had soldered before snipping - caught a few that way. ICs - I soldered the corners first so that it's easy to see one not filled in and make sure no end ones are left out. Ian, K2 #4962 _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
