8 May
2011
8 May
'11
4:37 p.m.
On 8 May 2011 at 10:57, Rob Jarratt wrote:
And just for the record, I have not actually lifted a
track. The track
damage is strange and I am not entirely convinced it was me because it
is a little distance from the pin, perhaps 5mm away and it is a break
in the track. It looks like I could have let the iron slip across it,
but I don't recall that happening, and the break seems too wide for
the size of bit I was using. Is it possible there might have been a
latent track defect that the heat from the iron revealed?
Take a close look at the gap. It's not unusual to see board
revisions done this way--just a bit of tape on the master negatives
to do a cut in a trace. If the edges of the break look smooth and
straight under magnification, you most likely have your answer. Do
not attempt to bridge gaps such as this!
--Chuck