Oh wow! Have you been soldering each pin on the REX boards so far? I'm a huge fan of the T18-C tips (on my Hakko)
On Sat, Mar 6, 2021 at 6:44 PM Stephen Adolph <[email protected]> wrote: > > Brian suggested on Facebook to watch a video on drag soldering and am I ever > glad I did. > I learned that I have been using the wrong tip to solder with! > I went out yesterday and bought a wide flat tip for my iron, and I tried to > do drag soldering exactly like I saw on youtube. > Wow what a difference! > I built about 18 or so REX#/REXCPM today with 100% first pass yield, and much > less assembly time. very cool. > > What I found was really interesting was that as you sweep the iron along the > row of pins, you set up a "wave" of solder that reflows across the entire pin > and pad. > > Wish I had figured this out ***LONG AGO***!!!! Great tip Brian. > > Steve >
