17 Oct
2012
17 Oct
'12
5:59 p.m.
On Oct 17, 2012, at 8:38 PM, Tothwolf wrote:
When you get a bridge, clean the iron's tip of
excess solder, apply a drop of liquid rosin flux to the joints, and drag the iron down and
away from the component towards the ends of the leads. A narrow chisel or heel type
soldering tip helps, but the real key is the liquid RMA flux.
The liquid flux helped a lot last time I was doing any real fine-
pitch soldering. Didn't have it before that, which was dumb. Oh
well, live and learn. Desoldering braid was the next best thing,
but it can be finicky (especially when you don't have a very high
power iron).
Once I get access to the boxes that I have the boards
stored in I'll see if I can snap some photos. It may be awhile, however.
I have a good idea of what it looks like, since I've used a number
of QFP parts on carriers like that. Would still be interesting
for historical purposes, though, I guess.
- Dave