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This is extremely useful to me as a _hobbyist_. Many of the critiques in this thread are valid, but probably not relevant to the hobbyist environment. For me,
by SkyPuncher 4y ago
This is extremely useful to me as a _hobbyist_. Many of the critiques in this thread are valid, but probably not relevant to the hobbyist environment.
For me, I struggle to get solder even in the best of circumstances. It's just a skill that I cannot master. I really, really like this technique as it enables me to make passable hobby solders without risking messing up my project.
- klyrs 4y agoAs a hobbyist, I've had my fair share of cold solder joints*, so I flinched when I saw what the linked article recommends. I once did something similar with cheap perf board, and ended up scrapping it because they can only take so much rework before the traces are destroyed. The only "good" I see in this is that they author has left a rat-tail of unmelted solder so at least it will have some flux left to wet the wire. * which show up as intermittent opens at DC with some fun dependence on position / temperature / humidity. At audio frequencies, they're disastrous -- I can only imagine what they'd do at HF.